Historical Figure

Paul von Hindenburg

President of Germany from 1925 to 1934

About Paul von Hindenburg

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.Wikipedia ↗

Associated Events

Empire1933 CE – 1939 CE

Rise of Nazi Germany

Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933, and rapidly transformed the Weimar Republic into a totalitarian one-party dictatorship through a combination of legal manipulation, intimidation, and violence.