father has been overemphasised, that the selection of Hitler as chancellor was not a matter on which the President would have allowed himself to be led by his son, and that there is no evidence that Oskar played any role in Hitler's appointment. References Notes Bibliography Klaus Fischer. Nazi Germany: A New History. New York: Continuum, 1995. O.C. Hiss, Hindenburg: Eine Kleine Streitschrift, Potsdam: Sans Souci Press, 1931. Wolfram Pyta. Hindenburg. Herrschaft zwischen Hohenzollern und Hitler, Munich: Siedler, 2007, ISBN 978-3-88680-865-6. William Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich Snyder, Louis Leo The Encyclopedia of the Third Reich, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1976. Henry Ashby Turner Hitler's Thirty Days to Power: January 1933, Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1996. 1883 births 1960 deaths Military personnel from Königsberg People of the Weimar Republic German Army personnel of World War I Prussian Army personnel Major generals of the Reichswehr Lieutenant generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht) German anti-communists Paul von Hindenburg Children of national leaders German Army generals of World War II