Hindenburg, Paul von [original burial site] b. October 2, 1847 d. August 2, 1934 German Army Field Marshal, German President. Born in Posen, East Prussia (now part of Poland), he served as a junior officer in the Prussian military wars with Austria in 1866 and with France in 1870 to 1871. In 1896, he became a General, but retired in 1911. When World War I began in 1914, he was recalled to active duty, and became commander of the German Eighth Army, with General Erich Ludendorff as his Chief of Staff. The pair of men worked well together, and held the German Army together...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson) Tannenberg Memorial Monument, Tannenberg, Warminsko-Mazurskie, Poland
b. October 2, 1847 d. August 2, 1934