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Shortly after Hitler's appointment, Hindenburg and his descendants were officially exempt from taxes by law. World War II. Discharged from active military service in the rank of major general in 1934, Oskar von Hindenburg had retired to Neudeck manor.
Papen suggested abolishing the Weimar constitution. This led to Kurt von Schleicher, the Minister of Defence, persuading Hindenburg that if this happened there could be a civil war.
This chapter discusses the reinterpretation of Hindenburg in both German states after 1945. It shows that Hindenburg's role was soon reassessed by opinion makers: from ‘national saviour’ to the senile figure that ‘delivered’ Germany to Nazi rule.
In 1932, Hindenburg would win a second presidential election battle fought under fundamentally altered political conditions. This time, left‐wing journalist Carl von Ossietzky was equally certain that no political programme had brought about this victory.
It regulated the exemption of the estate from taxes of the Reich and the state of Prussia with effect from July 1, 1933. The exemption was valid for the period in which the manor was owned by the Reich President or one of his descendants in the male line.
Paul von Hindenburg (born October 2, 1847, Posen, Prussia [now Poznań, Poland]—died August 2, 1934, Neudeck, Germany [now in Poland]) was a German field marshal during World War I and the second president of the Weimar Republic (1925–34).
Sep 10, 2009 · Once public passion had caught fire, however, the government happily stoked the flames of the cult. The chapter examines popular manifestations of the Hindenburg myth in some detail, including memorabilia and the ‘Iron Hindenburg’ nailing statue erected in central Berlin in 1915.
