On Monday morning, January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed the 15th chancellor of the Weimar Republic.

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1. From George Seldes* :

Hitler and his nascent Nazis discovered that Paul Hindenburg had several unethical land holdings. They threatened to make this information public, which had the potential to topple him and his government, unless Hindenburg incorporated Hitler as Chancellor.

* George Seldes: Henry George Seldes (November 16, 1890 – July 2, 1995) was an American investigative journalist, foreign correspondent, editor, author, and media critic best known for the publication of the newsletter In Fact from 1940 to 1950. He was an investigative reporter of the kind known in early 20th century as a muckraker, using his journalism to fight injustice and justify reform.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Seldes