Although he largely owed one electoral victory to the Catholic Center Party, he subsequently dismissed the leader of that party, Heinrich Bruning, and he was elected to one post following the death of Friedrich Ebert.
In one election, this man emerged victorious in a race that saw the Communists mount a third-party challenge by Ernst Thalmann. His son Oscar was one of the four members of his "camarilla" of advisers. Although he largely owed one electoral victory to the Catholic Center Party, he subsequently dismissed the leader of that party, Heinrich Bruning, and he was elected to one post following the death of Friedrich Ebert. Before entering politics, he lent his name to a (*) defensive line that spanned from Verdun to Lens, and served as Field Marshall and commander of Erich Ludendorff during World War I. The second president of the Weimar Republic, for 10 points, name this man who agreed to let Hitler be his chancellor, and who lent his name to a dirigible that burst into flames over New Jersey in 1937.
In one election, this man emerged victorious in a race that saw the Communists mount a third-party challenge by Ernst Thalmann.
Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von {Hindenburg}