Death of Reich President von Hindenburg

Reich President Paul von Hindenburg dies on 2 August 1934. Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler immediately assumes as well the office of head of state and calls himself from now on „Führer and Reich Chancellor“. At the same time he has the soldiers of the Reich Army swear their oath in future to him personally and no longer to the constitution. In a solemn ceremony several days later, von Hindenburg is buried at the Tannenberg Memorial in Hohenstein (East Prussia). The memorial, constructed in 1927, commemorates Hindenburg’s victory over the Russian Army in the First World War.

Source: joric.com Reich President Paul von Hindenburg lying in state on Schloß Neudeck