Tannenbergbund initially enjoyed support amongst rural political movements in Schleswig-Holstein, although it never presented a serious challenge to the Nazis. Among surviving senior officers of the Kaiserreich, Ludendorff's politics were viewed with a mixture of skepticism and disbelief. Field Marshal August von Mackensen, who had commanded an army corps at Tannenberg, wrote that "der Mann ist krank" (the man is sick). Similarly, Paul von Hindenburg had no truck with the Tannenbergbund as he and Ludendorff had been estranged since the 1925 election, culminating in the two not shaking hands and Hindenburg snubbing Ludendorff's speech at the dedication of a Battle of Tannenberg memorial in 1927. Given its composition of more junior officers loyal to Ludendorff, the Tannenbergbund failed to win over the support of the masses, and before long it lost a number of members to the Nazi Party. The Tannenbergbund was banned as soon as Hitler came to power, although the group carried on until Ludendorff's death in 1937 before finally being suppressed by Hitler's government. References Anti-Catholicism in Germany Anti-Catholic organizations Anti-Masonry Germanic mysticism Political organisations based in Germany Religious organizations established in 1925 1925 establishments in Germany Organizations based in the Weimar Republic Modern pagan organisations based in Germany Religious organizations disestablished in 1937 1937 disestablishments in Germany Defunct modern pagan organizations Modern pagan organizations established in the 1920s