Paul von Hindenburg Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg (About this sound listen ), known universally as Paul von Hindenburg (German: [ˈpaʊl fɔn ˈhɪndn̩bʊɐ̯k] (13px ); 2 October 1847 – 2 August 1934) was a Prussian-German field marshal, statesman, and politician, and served as the second President of Germany from 1925 to 1934.Hindenburg enjoyed a long career in the Prussian Army, retiring in 1911. He was recalled at the outbreak of World War I, and first came to national attention, at the age of 66, as the victor of the decisive Battle of Tannenberg in August 1914. As Germany's Chief of the General Staff from 1916 (having replaced Erich von Falkenhayn on August 29), he and his deputy, Erich Ludendorff, rose greatly in the German public's esteem. Together with Ludendorff he pushed forward the idea of Lebensraum which after the war would be adopted by Hitler's Nazi party. Hindenburg retired again in 1919, but returned to public life in 1925 to be elected as the second President of Germany. Hindenburg, as German President, appointed Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of Germany. Hindenburg personally despised Hitler, condescendingly referring to him as that "Bohemian corporal", confusing (deliberately or not) Hitler's birthplace of Braunau, Austria, with Braunau in Bohemia. Hitler repeatedly and forcefully pressured Hindenburg to appoint him as Chancellor; Hindenburg repeatedly refused Hitler's demand. Though 84 years old and in poor health, Hindenburg was persuaded to run for reelection in 1932, as he was considered the only candidate who could defeat Hitler. Hindenburg was reelected in a runoff. Although he opposed Hitler, he played an important role in the Nazi Party's rise to power, due to the increasing political instability in the Weimar Republic. He dissolved the parliament twice in 1932 and finally appointed Hitler Chancellor in January 1933. In February, he issued the Reichstag Fire Decree, which suspended various civil liberties, and in March he signed the Enabling Act, which gave Hitler's administration legislative powers. Hindenburg died the following year, after which Hitler declared the office of President vacant and, as "Führer und Reichskanzler", made himself head of state.The famed zeppelin Hindenburg that was destroyed by fire in 1937 was named in his honor, as was the Hindenburgdamm, a causeway joining the island of Sylt to mainland Schleswig-Holstein that was built during his time in office. The previously German Upper Silesian town of Zabrze (German: Hindenburg O.S.) was also renamed after him in 1915, as well as the SMS Hindenburg, a battlecruiser commissioned in the Imperial German Navy in 1917 and the last capital ship to enter service in the Imperial Navy.
Son of Robert von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg and wife Luise Schwickart.
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Older brother of Otto (b. 24 Aug 1849), Ida (b. 19 Dec 1851) and Bernhard (b. 17 Jan 1859).
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Had three children: Irmengard Pauline (b. 1880), Oskar (b. 31 Jan 1883) and Annemaria (b. 19 Nov 1891, m. to Christian Alexander Franz von Pentz and had issue).
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Was a descendant of Martin Luther.
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1,171th Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece (1931).
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The German zeppelin Hindenburg, which caught fire and burned at Lakehurst, NJ, in 1937, was named after him.
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He appointed Adolf Hitler as Chancellor on 30 January 1933.
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President of Germany's Weimar Republic (1925-1934).
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Title
Year
Status
Character
Hindenburg
1934
Short
Himself
Deutschland erwacht - Ein Dokument von der Wiedergeburt Deutschlands
1933
Documentary
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City
1927
Documentary
Himself (uncredited)
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Apocalypse: World War I
2014
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Voices of the First World War
2014
Documentary
Himself
Hindenburg - Der Mann, der Hitler zum Kanzler machte
2013
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Doomsday: World War I
2013
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
10 Things You Don't Know About
2012
TV Series documentary
Himself
Geheimnisse des 'Dritten Reichs'
2011
TV Series documentary
Himself
Apocalypse - Hitler
2011
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
World War II in Colour
2010
TV Series documentary
Himself
Cabaret-Berlin, la scène sauvage
2010
TV Movie documentary
Himself, President of Germany
Hitler's Bodyguard
2010
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
National Geographic: Hitler and the Occult
2007
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Ulisse - Il piacere della scoperta
2007
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Goebbels Experiment
2005
Documentary
Himself
La neuvième
2004
TV Movie documentary
Himself (uncredited)
The First World War
2003
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Das Jahrhundert des Kabaretts
2001
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Sworn to Secrecy: Secrets of War
1998
TV Series documentary
Himself
Human Remains
1998
Documentary short
Himself
The Hindenburg
1996
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
1996
TV Mini-Series
Himself (uncredited)
Hitler's Generals
1996
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Hitler: A Profile
1995
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself (uncredited)
Blood & Iron: The Story of the German War Machine
1995
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself (becomes President)
The Century of Warfare
1994
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
How the Nazis Came to Power
1991
Short documentary
Himself
The History of the Luftwaffe
1989
Video documentary
Himself
Genocide
1982
Documentary
Himself (uncredited)
Der gelbe Stern
1981
Documentary
Himself
Hitler, a Career
1977
Documentary
Himself
The Final Solution
1975
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself - President
Double Headed Eagle: Hitler's Rise to Power 1918-1933
1973
Documentary
Himself
The World at War
1973
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself - President
Der Held von Tannenberg
1970
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Ten Days That Shook the World
1967
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Men in Crisis
1965
TV Series
Himself
The Guns of August
1964
Documentary
Himself
From Czar to Stalin
1962
Documentary
Himself
Die Diktatoren
1961
Documentary
Himself
Project XX
1956
TV Series documentary
Himself - German Field Marshal
Bis fünf nach zwölf - Adolf Hitler und das 3. Reich