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Rise to Power: Night of the Long Knives

Adolf Hitler: Rise and Downfall

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The Death of Hindenburg

Hindenburg had wanted to be buried at his ancestral home, but Hitler will have none of it. The field marshall is spirited off to Tannenberg instead, the site of his greatest military victory. There, he's interred in the middle of the Grand Monument with its huge 74 towers and flames shooting into the sky. At the end of the funeral, Hitler, as head of state, is past an envelope containing Hindenburg's last-willing wishes for his people. But the furor is displeased with the contents and rips it up.

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