He led Germany's army in World War I and served for nearly a decade as the country's president, but thanks to his role in Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler's rise to power, Paul von Hindenburg is an honorary Berliner no more.
The Berlin state government on Thursday struck the Prussian aristocrat off of its honorary citizen list, citing his act as president in 1933 of appointing Hitler as chancellor.
The Berlin government also cited Hindenburg's role as president in signing decrees suspending civil liberties and granting Hitler more powers in its decision to take him off the honorary citizen list.
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