Oskar von Hindenburg (31 January 1883-12 February 1960) was a German general and politician who was the son and aide-de-camp to President Paul von Hindenburg.
Biography[]
Oskar von Hindenburg was born in Koenigsberg, East Prussia, German Empire on 31 January 1883, the son of Paul von Hindenburg. He befriended Kurt von Schleicher while serving in the Imperial German Army, and he rose to the rank of Captain during World War I due to his father's fame and influence. After the war, he remained in the Reichswehr as an officer and served as his father's aide-de-camp, and he was his closest friend and adviser; the younger Hindenburg was influential in his father's choice of Schleicher as his chancellor. He also supported letting Adolf Hitler become chancellor if Franz von Papen could control him from behind the scenes as Vice-Chancellor, and he supported Hitler's merger of the offices of president and chancellor into one. During World War II, he commanded several POW camps in East Prussia, but he resigned in 1942. He died in Bad Harzburg, Lower Saxony, West Germany in 1960 at the age of 77.