Führer

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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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Vinony's link graph records 778 inbound references to Führer, and connects out to Rudolf Hess, Pan-Germanism and president of Germany.

It is catalogued under topics including Adolf Hitler, Connotation and Dictatorship.

Vinony links it to 66 Wikipedia language editions.

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Official post.post: The Führer and Chancellor
Official post.body: the Greater German Reich
Official post.flag: Standarte Adolf Hitlers.svg
Official post.flagcaption: Standard of the Führer
Official post.image: Hitler portrait crop.jpg
Official post.imagesize: 187px
Official post.imagecaption: Adolf Hitler2 August 1934 – 30 April 1945
Official post.formation: 2 August 1934
Official post.first: Adolf Hitler
Official post.last: Adolf Hitler
Official post.abolished: 30 April 1945

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: position
Country: Nazi Germany

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inception: 1934-08-03
official residence: Reich Chancellery
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1945-04-30
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
different from: Reichsführer-SS

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Article · Deutsch

Ein Führer ist jemand, der die Leitung (Führung) einer Gruppe oder einer Institution innehat. Im Deutschen wird das Wort insbesondere für Adolf Hitler als uneingeschränkten Parteiführer der NSDAP sowie ab 1933 als Diktator und später Staatsoberhaupt des Deutschen Reichs in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus verwendet. In Analogie wurden auch die Begriffe Führerpartei und Führerkult geprägt.

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