So does Fuhrer mean Chancellor in German? No. But he was the Chancellor, and he decided to rename himself the Fuhrer.Führer was the title granted by Chancellor Hitler to himself
Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
Yes:
So does Fuhrer mean Chancellor in German? No. But he was the Chancellor, and he decided to rename himself the Fuhrer.Führer was the title granted by Chancellor Hitler to himself
The new position, fully named Führer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Chancellor of the (Third) Reich), unified the offices of President and Chancellor, formally making Hitler Germany's Head of State as well as Head of Government respectively; and, in practice, the Dictator of the Nazi Third Reich.
Exactly, so they were essentially the same thing, IMO.Originally posted by: ironwing
Fuhrer was a separate title from Chancellor. Chancellor was his legal position. Fuhrer was more a propaganda title like The Big Kahuna.
You did read the part in bold, didn't you?Originally posted by: BigJ
No.
The new position, fully named Führer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Chancellor of the (Third) Reich), unified the offices of President and Chancellor, formally making Hitler Germany's Head of State as well as Head of Government respectively; and, in practice, the Dictator of the Nazi Third Reich.
Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
You did read the part in bold, didn't you?Originally posted by: BigJ
No.
The new position, fully named Führer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Chancellor of the (Third) Reich)[, unified the offices of President and Chancellor, formally making Hitler Germany's Head of State as well as Head of Government respectively; and, in practice, the Dictator of the Nazi Third Reich.
You keep on defeating your own argument. We are talking about Adolph Hitler, and Nazi Germany. Nobody else. He, as your own bold print shows, was simultaneously Chancellor AND Fuhrer.Originally posted by: BigJ
Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
You did read the part in bold, didn't you?Originally posted by: BigJ
No.
The new position, fully named Führer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Chancellor of the (Third) Reich)[, unified the offices of President and Chancellor, formally making Hitler Germany's Head of State as well as Head of Government respectively; and, in practice, the Dictator of the Nazi Third Reich.
What's your point? Chancellor was a very specific political position and used in a different context in the translation. You did read what I just bolded, didn't you?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chancellor_of_Germany
So were all of those people Fuhrer?
Originally posted by: Phokus
Are you studying to become a nazi?![]()
Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
You keep on defeating your own argument. We are talking about Adolph Hitler, and Nazi Germany. Nobody else. He, as your own bold print shows, was simultaneously Chancellor AND Fuhrer.Originally posted by: BigJ
Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
You did read the part in bold, didn't you?Originally posted by: BigJ
No.
The new position, fully named Führer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Chancellor of the (Third) Reich)[, unified the offices of President and Chancellor, formally making Hitler Germany's Head of State as well as Head of Government respectively; and, in practice, the Dictator of the Nazi Third Reich.
What's your point? Chancellor was a very specific political position and used in a different context in the translation. You did read what I just bolded, didn't you?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chancellor_of_Germany
So were all of those people Fuhrer?
So in effect, referring to Hitler only, they are one and the same. There wasn't another Chancellor while Hitler was Der Fuhrer. He was also Chancellor.
Fuhrer was just a title. He was already the absolute ruler of Germany as Chancellor.
Nobody else that has been Chancellor there has also been a Fuhrer.
Originally posted by: BigJ
Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
You keep on defeating your own argument. We are talking about Adolph Hitler, and Nazi Germany. Nobody else. He, as your own bold print shows, was simultaneously Chancellor AND Fuhrer.Originally posted by: BigJ
Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
You did read the part in bold, didn't you?Originally posted by: BigJ
No.
The new position, fully named Führer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Chancellor of the (Third) Reich)[, unified the offices of President and Chancellor, formally making Hitler Germany's Head of State as well as Head of Government respectively; and, in practice, the Dictator of the Nazi Third Reich.
What's your point? Chancellor was a very specific political position and used in a different context in the translation. You did read what I just bolded, didn't you?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chancellor_of_Germany
So were all of those people Fuhrer?
So in effect, referring to Hitler only, they are one and the same. There wasn't another Chancellor while Hitler was Der Fuhrer. He was also Chancellor.
Fuhrer was just a title. He was already the absolute ruler of Germany as Chancellor.
Nobody else that has been Chancellor there has also been a Fuhrer.
If I'm defeating my own argument, you're doing the same. He had two distinct titles. You support this notion of them being distinct by using them separately. He was Chancellor AND Fuhrer.
He was simultaneously President and Chancellor as my bold print shows. Fuhrer means leader. Like Wiki says, the title of Fuhrer unified the two positions of President and Chancellor, effectively giving him complete control over the Head of State and Head of Government. So those two positions of President and Chancellor were unified under one position as Fuhrer.
He was not the absolute ruler of Germany simply because he was Chancellor. He was absolute ruler because of the laws passed giving him that power, but he did not have an official title as absolute ruler of Germany until Fuhrer came along.
He was both. Therefore, during HIS reign, Fuhrer and Chancellor were the same thing...they were the same person."Führer (leader) and Chancellor" from 1934)
Originally posted by: waggy
no i am confused. first you say NO he was not Chancellor and Fuhrer and now you say he was.
Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
From your Wiki link:
He was both. Therefore, during HIS reign, Fuhrer and Chancellor were the same thing...they were the same person."Führer (leader) and Chancellor" from 1934)
Goebbels was named Chancellor by Hitler, serving for one day. He was NOT the Fuhrer. So they were different position at that time. But when Hitler was ruling, he could be referred to as both Chancellor, and/or Fuhrer. The OP asked whether they were the same thing with regards to Hitler. I say they are. How could they not be, unless someone else became Chancellor after Fuhrer ascended to be the Fuhrer?
Originally posted by: 2Xtreme21
Jesus, how can there be so much debate over this?
Chancellor = head of government = prime minister.
Hitler usurped total control and declared himself Fuhrer all when he was Chancellor of Germany (appointed by President Hindenberg in the Weimar Republic). It was essentially just a name he gave himself like "Head Honcho," "Supreme Ruler," "Caesar," "Emperor," etc.
So if you are asked on a test if the Chancellor = Fuhrer during Nazi Germany, I would answer NO.