Back الاستفتاء الألماني 1934 Arabic Referèndum sobre el cap d'estat del Reich Catalan Folkeafstemningen i Tyskland 1934 Danish Volksabstimmung über das Staatsoberhaupt des Deutschen Reichs German Referéndum sobre la Ley de la Jefatura del Estado Alemán Spanish Plébiscite du 19 août 1934 French 1934-es németországi népszavazás Hungarian Referendum Jerman 1934 ID Referendum in Germania del 1934 Italian 1934년 독일 국민투표 Korean
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The office of the national president is united with that of the national chancellor. In consequence, the former powers of the national president pass to the leader and national chancellor, Adolf Hitler. He appoints his deputy. Do you, German man, and you, German woman, approve of the arrangement made in this law? | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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A referendum on merging the posts of Chancellor and President was held in Nazi Germany on 19 August 1934, seventeen days after the death of President Paul von Hindenburg. The German leadership sought to gain approval for Adolf Hitler's assumption of supreme power. The referendum was associated with widespread intimidation of voters and significant electoral fraud.
Hitler used the resultant large "yes" vote to claim public support to succeed Hindenburg as the de facto head of state of Germany, though he had assumed presidential powers in addition to his own powers as Chancellor immediately upon Hindenburg's death. The referendum was meant to legitimise that move and allowed Hitler to take the title Führer und Reichskanzler (Führer and Reich Chancellor).