Paul von Hindenburg

Paul von Hindenburg (full name Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg) (October 2, 1847 – August 2, 1934) was a German Field Marshal and statesman. An important figure during World War I, he also served as President of Germany from 1925-1934. The zeppelin Hindenburg was named in his honor (see Hindenburg disaster).

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Hindenburg was buried in the Tannenberg memorial. In 1945, German troops removed his and his wife's coffins, to save them from the approaching Russians, to Marburg an der Lahn in Western Germany (Hindenburg was an Honorary Citizen of this town), where he was interred anew in the famous Saint Elizabeth Church in the North Tower Chapel. He still rests there, although the church chapter recently voted to keep the lights switched off at his grave.

Related Topics:
Tannenberg memorial - 1945 - Marburg an der Lahn - Saint Elizabeth

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Although he was widely esteemed in his time, his biographers John Wheeler-Bennett and Andreas Dorpalen have argued that beneath Hindenburg's facade of strength and power was a weak-willed and not particularly intelligent man who, while well-meaning, was dependent upon the advice on others to make decisions.

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