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Who was Hitler?

hindenburg_ernennt_hitlerEighty years ago today, on 30 January 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor by Reich President Hindenburg and for many, his appointment marks the end of the Weimar Republic. The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung has an interesting article on the remarkably vague historical image of Hitler in Germany:

‘Wer war Adolf Hitler? Vier zentrale Fragen zu dem Mann, der heute vor achtzig Jahren zum Kanzler ernannt wurde, sind noch unbeantwortet. Doch statt wirklicher Analyse blüht in Deutschland eine enervierende, obskurantistische Hitler-Folklore.’ (in German)


OpenEdition suggests that you cite this post as follows:
Jochen Hung (January 30, 2013). Who was Hitler? Weimar Studies Network. Retrieved November 7, 2025 from https://doi.org/10.58079/vbl3