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May 25, 2024 · Yet through a series of fateful decisions, miscalculations, and compromises, Hindenburg instead played a central role in enabling the destruction of German democracy and the rise of Adolf Hitler‘s murderous Nazi dictatorship.
Hindenburg’s advisors convinced him that Hitler must be given the chancellorship to ensure the support of the Nazi Party and a functional government. Despite his distaste for Hitler, Hindenburg made him C hancellor on 30 January, 1933, and gave his Nazi Party two seats in the cabinet.
Aug 1, 2023 · “Hindenburg’s legacy has been mythologized to suggest that he was either a puppet of Hitler or was supportive of the authoritarian ruler,” according to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Jan 25, 2022 · The sad truth is that Paul von Hindenburg was a German nationalist who had little interest in saving Weimar democracy. He agreed with the Nazis on much more than he disagreed with them and wanted the party to be part of his government for years before 1933.
The conservative parties did not manage to win enough votes. They pressured president Paul von Hindenburg to appoint Hitler chancellor. They hoped to form a majority cabinet with the NSDAP.
According to Günther von Tschirschky und Bögendorff, an interwar German diplomat and associate of Hindenburg who later defected to the United Kingdom, President Paul Von Hindenburg's last will and testament had criticised the Nazis and supported democracy.
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The end of German democracy. On the 30th of January 1933, the leader of the NSDAP, Adolf Hitler (link in Czech), was appointed Chancellor of the Reich by German President Paul von Hindenburg.
