Old Paul’s great-grandfather received from, his great-uncle (a von Hindenburg) certain landed estates only on condition that he add the then comparatively undistinguished name “von Hindenburg ...

On Oct. 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first African-American justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg ( listen (help·info ...

Paul von Hindenburg Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rise of a retired German officer recalled to duty who became an idealised, heroic figure and, as president, appointed Hitler as chancellor.

Rheumy old Paul von Hindenburg moves slowly but with exceeding thoroughness. Last week he did what the head of almost any other state would have done months ago. He had a personal interview with ...

BERLIN, Aug. 2, 1934 (UP) -- Adolf Hitler, former Austrian house-painter, became sole dictator of the German people today on the death of President Paul Von Hindenburg.

With the death of the aged German Reichs-president, Paul von Hindenburg, expected hourly and with the return to uniform tomorrow of the storm troops from their month of enforced vacation after the ...

The airship had been named for Paul Von Hindenburg, a popular German president who had died in 1934. Airships were “lighter-than-air” vessels that could navigate the sky using their own power. Within ...

Unidentified photographer, Hindenburg presenting medal to Richthoven, 1917. Gelatin silver print. GC131 Photography. Gift of Paul van Dyke (1859-1933) The German aviator Manfred von Richthofen ...

The new German situation created by the death of Reichspresident Paul von Hindenburg and the ascendancy of Adolf Hilter to supreme power in Germany mean German Jewry, which has suffered ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and role of one of the most significant figures in early 20th Century German history. Paul von Hindenburg (1847-1934) had been famous since 1914 as the ...