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Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg [a] (2 October 1847 – 2 August 1934) was a German military leader and statesman who led the Imperial German Army during the First World War [1] and later became president of Germany from 1925 until his death in 1934.
Paul von Hindenburg died at nine o'clock in the morning at his estate in Neudeck. [1] [2] The German government announced that a referendum would be held on August 19 for voters to approve the Law on the Head of State of the German Reich. [4] Born: Valery Bykovsky, cosmonaut, in Pavlovsky Posad, USSR (d. 2019)
The Hindenburg disaster was an airship accident that occurred on May 6, 1937, in Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.The LZ 129 Hindenburg (Luftschiff Zeppelin #129; Registration: D-LZ 129) was a German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship, the lead ship of the Hindenburg class, the longest class of flying machine and the largest airship by envelope volume. [1]
Among those attending were Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring, Franz von Papen and Erich Koch, East Prussia's gauleiter. A year later, the monument again came to prominence on the death of Paul von Hindenburg. Hindenburg had requested a simple service and that he be interred next to his wife (who had died in 1921) in Hanover.
Lieutenant Vladimir Karpovich Kotlinsky, commandant of the Osowiec fortress during the attack. The Attack of the Dead Men, or the Battle of Osowiec Fortress, was a battle of World War I that took place at Osowiec Fortress (now northeastern Poland), on August 6, 1915.
In August 1934, Hindenburg died, and Hitler seized the president's powers for himself in accordance with a law passed the previous day (Law Concerning the Head of State of the German Reich), an action confirmed via the 1934 German referendum later that month. Article 2 stated that the president's powers were to remain "undisturbed" (or ...
As such, Wilhelm II and Crown Prince William directly commanded their Chief of General Staff, General Paul von Hindenburg throughout WWI. In 1933, von Hindenburg appointed (Nazi Party Leader) Hitler as the new Chancellor of Germany. On Hindenburg's death, Hitler officially became Führer and Chancellor of the Realm
After the death of German President Paul von Hindenburg on 2 August 1934, Hitler merged the offices of Reichspräsident and Reichskanzler, and declared himself Führer and Reichskanzler. Blomberg issued a new wording which became known as the Führereid (Hitler oath). From that point on, all military personnel swore an oath of allegiance and ...