text: To break the political stalemate , Papen proposed that Hindenburg declare martial law and do away with democracy via a presidential coup . Papen won over Oskar Hindenburg with this idea and the two persuaded Hindenburg for once to forgo his oath to the Constitution and go along with this plan .
simplified: Hindenburg could not accept this , so von Papen suggested Hindenburg declare martial law and do away with democracy .