One hundred percent control of the German cabinet, with himself as Chancellor, demanded by Adolph Hitler in an interview with President Paul von Hindenburg was rejected by the president of Germany.
Adolph Hitler, it is understood, stated “I want precisely the same power as Mussolini exercised after the march on Rome.”
The Nazi chieftain refused the post of Vice Chancellor of Germany and the Commissionership of Prussia, which was offered him.
Hitler, it is also understood, gave President von Hindenburg his pledge that his followers would attempt no march on Berlin.
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