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There is a lot of misinformation on the internet about this, but he was never personally elected in a democratic election. The highest percentage of vote he ever received (even in a run-off election) was about 37 percent, which both times was lower than Hindenburg, the current President. After a lot of political upheaval, social unrest and an economic depression, the president reluctantly agreed to appoint Hitler Chancellor January 30, 1933. Once Hindenburg died, Hitler, as Chancellor, illegally made himself President too. And later made himself Fuhrer. See The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, by William Shirer for more details.

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