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Looking at Germany in 1934. What's in a name? [View all]
Fascinating how the rise of Hitler to Führer sullied the term. Just as Drumpf sullied the term trump (A suit in card games that outranks all other suits for the duration of a hand.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%BChrer?wprov=sfla1
"President Hindenburg remained in office until his death from cancer at the age of 86 in 1934. Hitler received word that Hindenburg was on his deathbed. He then had the cabinet pass the "Law Concerning the Head of State of the German Reich," which stipulated that upon Hindenburg's death, the office of president would be abolished and its powers merged with those of the chancellor under the title of Führer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Chancellor of the Reich)."
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