Word: hindenburgs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Erect and martial, President Generalfeldmarschall Paul Ludwig Hans von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg arrived at Tannenberg, East Prussia, there to unveil a War memorial to the soldiers who fell in the historic Battle of Tannenberg...
...little town of Swinemunde, in northern Germany, dressed itself in gala attire: Field Marshal Paul Ludwig Hans von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg, President of the German Republic, was due to arrive on his first visit since 1877. In due course the aged President appeared, received a hearty welcome. He had come, with Dr. Otto Gessler, Minister of Defense; Admiral Zenker; Rear Admiral Mommsen, to attend the annual maneuvers of the German Navy, held this year in the Bay of Swinemunde...
...Holstein, the President reviewed the biggest naval parade held since the War. Thirty-five ships with crews totaling 7,000 men, about two-thirds of the Reich's naval strength in ships* and half its strength in men, took part. At the end of his review President von Hindenburg sent a radio thanking all ranks for their work, praising their efficiency...
President Dr. Paul von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg, 80, trudged back to Dietramszell, his summer home in the Bavarian Alps, after three days of successful chamois shooting on the foggy crags nearby...
...have learned that the German in whom Americans are most interested is President von Hindenburg. He is often compared with Washington, but I believe that he is more like Lincoln. He is not, like Washington, the founder of his country; but, like Lincoln, he is the preserver of its unity and the reconciler of its two hostile camps [Monarchist and Socialist...