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12. Hitler Over Germany

Nazis: The Road to Power

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Adolf Hitler's Run for President

Hindenburg's term is due. Adolf doesn't want to be president, but it's too good a chance to miss. It's the frontline corporal versus the field marshal. The führer is half his age, literally. Just one problem, chief. Embarrassingly, he's not a German citizen. He's not Austrian anymore, but he's not. Which leaves him free to run for election as president. Joseph sets it up with our people in Braunschfeig,. they'll appoint him advisor in the office of state culture and measurement - which automatically confers citizenship.

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