History A-Level
Führer
What Führer means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Führer
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The combined role of chancellor and president that Hitler took after Hindenburg died in August 1934.
Topics that use Führer
- Paper 3, Option 37.2: Germany, 1871–1990: united, divided and reunited - 3 A new Reich, 1933–35 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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- Dual state and party structures
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