German chancellor Adolf Hitler and German President Paul von Hindenburg greet German Army officers, Berlin, Germany, 1933

Amongst a crowd of people, German chancellor Adolf Hitler and German President Paul von Hindenburg are seen greeting German Army officers, Berlin, Germany, 1933 Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor in 1933 and then taking the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934. Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg, known as simply Paul von Hindenburg, was a German military officer and statesman who led the Imperial German Army during World War I and later became president of Germany from 1925 until his death. He played a key role in the Nazi seizure of power in 1933 when he appointed Adolf Hitler as chancellor of Germany.