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title: "1933 German Presidential Election"
year: 1933
country: "Germany"
canonical: "https://recap.at/1933/hindenburg-election-1933"
slug: "hindenburg-election-1933"
recapType: "global_event"
startDate: "1932-03-13"
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# 1933 German Presidential Election

> Hindenburg's re-election set the stage for Hitler's chancellorship and the subsequent consolidation of Nazi dictatorship.

## Summary

Presidential elections were held in Germany on 13 March 1932, with a runoff on 10 April. Independent incumbent Paul von Hindenburg won a second seven-year term against Adolf Hitler of the Nazi Party (NSDAP). Communist Party (KPD) leader Ernst Thälmann also ran and received more than ten percent of the vote in the runoff. Theodor Duesterberg, the deputy leader of the World War I veterans' organization Der Stahlhelm, ran in the first round but dropped out of the runoff. This was the second and final direct election to the office of President of the Reich, Germany's head of state under the Weimar Republic.

## Sources

- [1932 German presidential election](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1932_German_presidential_election) - Wikipedia

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Canonical: https://recap.at/1933/hindenburg-election-1933