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31st January 1945
Pages from 'PUNCH'
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Cartoon from PUNCH magazine 31st January 1945. Soldiers with the coffin of Hindenburg enquire with Hitler as to its resting place.
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THE REMOVAL
"Where do you want this put?"
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Contrary to Hindenburg's will, he was interred with his wife in a magnificent ceremony at the Tannenberg Memorial. In 1944, as the Soviets approached, Generalleutnant Oskar von Hindenburg moved his parents' remains to western Germany. In January 1945, German troops blew up the memorial. (Source: Wikipedia)
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