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How the cult of personality around this German WWI figurehead helped usher in Hitler.

Adolf Hitler was a master of manufacturing public-security crises to advance his authoritarian agenda. He used inflammatory ...

At Hitler’s urging, President Paul von Hindenburg issued an Article 48 emergency decree, “Decree of the Reich President for the Protection of People and State.” The first paragraph suspended civil ...

Paul von Hindenburg. In Our Time. Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rise of a retired German officer recalled to duty who became an idealised, heroic figure and, as president, ...

After manipulating the aged president (Paul von Hindenburg) into naming Hitler chancellor of Germany, he quickly moved to persuade the conservative elites, the army, the civil service and big ...

On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed German chancellor by President Paul von Hindenburg. Hitler became head of a “National Coalition government” containing only two other Nazis ...

On May 10, 1933, just four months after German President Paul von Hindenburg appointed Adolf Hitler as Reich Chancellor — thus solidifying Nazi party control — students loyal to the ...

Eventually, the German President, Paul von Hindenburg, gave in. "Despite his distaste for Hitler, Hindenburg made him Chancellor on January 30, 1933, and gave his Nazi Party two seats in the ...