Paul von Hindenburg

Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg, simply known as Paul von Hindenburg, is one of 'Die Drei Generäle' of the German Free State. Formerly, Hindenburg was a general who led the Imperial German Army during the Great War. Following the Spartacist Revolution of 1920, Hindenburg and others fled to East Prussia and was granted protection by Poland, establishing the Freistaat.

Hindenburg is a strong advocate of democracy, believing that a democratic German system would lead other superpower nations, such as the United Kingdom, France and the United States, to recognise it over the German Socialist Republic. The other two of the triumvirate, namely Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck and Erich Ludendorff, disapproved of this idea, believing that democracy would pave the way for a Spartacist or otherwise socialist party to gain traction.