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Joseph Goebbels

Goebbels announced that the offices of president and chancellor had been combined

Thursday Aug 2, 1934
Germany

On 2 August 1934, President von Hindenburg died. In a radio broadcast, Goebbels announced that the offices of president and chancellor had been combined, and Hitler had been formally named as Führer und Reichskanzler (leader and chancellor).


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