Paul von Hindenburg

✶October 2, 1847

†August 2, 1934

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About their life

Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg was a German military officer and statesman who led the Imperial German Army during World War I and later became President of Germany from 1925 until his death in 1934. Though ideologically opposed to Nazism, he played a key role in the Nazi seizure of power in 1933 through his appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of Germany.

President of Germany from 1925 to 1934

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Biography from the article Paul von Hindenburg on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.