Führer
Sign in to save( , spelled Fuehrer when the umlaut is unavailable) is a German word meaning or . As a political title, it is strongly associated with Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945. Hitler officially called himself der Führer und Reichskanzler () after the death of President Paul von Hindenburg in 1934, as well as the subsequent merging of the offices of Reichspräsident and Reichskanzler.
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"Führer" is a German word meaning leader or guide that became a political title under Adolf Hitler, who ruled Germany from 1933 to 1945 and officially adopted the title "der Führer und Reichskanzler" after 1934. The term matters historically because it became strongly associated with Hitler's dictatorship and totalitarian rule, making it one of the most symbolically loaded words of the 20th century.
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Key facts
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- The Führer and Chancellor
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- the Greater German Reich
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- Standarte Adolf Hitlers.svg
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- Standard of the Führer
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- Hitler portrait crop.jpg
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- 187px
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- Adolf Hitler2 August 1934 – 30 April 1945
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- 2 August 1934
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- Adolf Hitler
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- Adolf Hitler
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- 30 April 1945
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- History
- Background
- Origins of the political concept
- {{lang|de|Führer}} of the Nazi Party
- {{lang|de|Führer}} and Chancellor
- {{lang|de|Führer}} and Chancellor of the German Reich
- {{lang|de|Führer}} and Chancellor of the Greater German Reich
- {{lang|de|Führer}} and Supreme Commander of the ''Wehrmacht''
- {{lang|de|Führer}} of the German Reich and Nation
- Germanic ''Führer''
- {{lang|de|Führerprinzip}}
- Usage in lower ranks of Nazi Germany
- See also
- References
- External links
( , spelled Fuehrer when the umlaut is unavailable) is a German word meaning or . As a political title, it is strongly associated with Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945. Hitler officially called himself der Führer und Reichskanzler () after the death of President Paul von Hindenburg in 1934, as well as the subsequent merging of the offices of Reichspräsident and Reichskanzler.
Nazi Germany cultivated the (), and Hitler was generally known as simply ().