What is Führer?
{{Infobox official post |post = Führer |body = Nazism |native_name ={{small|''Führer der Nationalsozialismus''}} |insignia = Flag of the NSDAP (1920–1945).svg |insigniasize = 140px |insigniacaption = |image = Hitler portrait crop.jpg |imagesize = 150px |imagecaption = '''[[Adolf Hitler]]''' |style = [[Excellency|His Excellency]] |residence = Presidential Palace<br>(Reichspräsidentenpalais) |appointer = |appointer_qualified = |precursor = [[Adolf Hitler]] {{small|(as [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]])}} |formation = 2 August 1934 |first = Adolf Hitler |last = Adolf Hitler |abolished = 30 April 1945 |succession = |salary = }} '''Führer''' is the [[German language|German]] word for [[leader]]. The word ''Führer'' is most often used to name Adolf Hitler. Hitler was the [[Chancellor of Germany|German Chancellor]] during the [[Third Reich]]. After the death of [[Reich President]] [[Paul von Hindenburg]] in 1934, he declared the office of President vacant and made himself ''Führer'' (both [[Head of State]] and [[Head of Government]]). He used the word ''Führer'' for his title ''Führer und Reichskanzler'' (''Leader and Reich Chancellor''). [[Category:Nazi Germany]] [[Category:Adolf Hitler]] {{europe-stub}}