Title: President of Germany (1919–1945)
Content: Hitler's government issued a law providing that upon Hindenburg's death (which occurred in August 1934) merging the offices of President and Chancellor in Hitler's person. However, Hitler now styled himself only "Führer und Reichskanzler" ("Leader and Chancellor"), not using the title of Reichspräsident. The law was "approved" by a staged referendum on 19 August. Hitler committed suicide on 30 April 1945, as World War II in Europe drew to a close. In his Final Political Testament, Hitler intended to split again the two offices he had merged: he appointed Karl Dönitz as new President, and propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels was

Title: Nazi Germany
Content: 30 June to 2 July 1934 in an event that became known as the Night of the Long Knives. On 2 August 1934, Hindenburg died. The previous day, the cabinet had enacted the "Law Concerning the Highest State Office of the Reich", which stated that upon Hindenburg's death the office of president would be abolished and its powers merged with those of the chancellor. Hitler thus became head of state as well as head of government and was formally named as "Führer und Reichskanzler" ("Leader and Chancellor") – although eventually "Reichskanzler" was quietly dropped. Germany was now a totalitarian state

Title: 1934 German referendum
Content: move, taking the title "Führer und Reichskanzler" (Führer and Chancellor). On 1 August, with Hindenburg's death imminent, the "Reichstag" had passed the Law on the Head of State of the German Reich, merging the offices of head of state (president) and head of government (chancellor). Immediately after Hindenburg's death on 2 August, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, Werner von Blomberg, ordered all members of the "Reichswehr" (armed forces) to take an oath to the Führer. When President Hindenburg dictated his testament in May, he included as his "last wish" that the Hohenzollern monarchy would be restored by Hitler. His

Title: Paul von Hindenburg
Content: Hitler's Austrian dialect. For his part, Hitler often labeled Hindenburg as "that old fool" or "that old reactionary". On 26 January 1933, Hindenburg privately told a group of his friends: "Gentlemen, I hope you will not hold me capable of appointing this Austrian corporal to be Reich Chancellor". Hindenburg made it clear that he saw himself as the leader of the "national" forces and expected Hitler to follow his lead. In foreign politics he engaged in hostile policy towards Poland, often expressing hope that Polish state would disappear from map of Europe "at appropriate moment" By January 1932, at age

Title: Adolf Hitler
Content: Office of the Reich". This law stated that upon Hindenburg's death, the office of president would be abolished and its powers merged with those of the chancellor. Hitler thus became head of state as well as head of government, and was formally named as "Führer und Reichskanzler" (leader and chancellor), although "Reichskanzler" was eventually quietly dropped. With this action, Hitler eliminated the last legal remedy by which he could be removed from office. As head of state, Hitler became commander-in-chief of the armed forces. Immediately after Hindenberg's death, at the instigation of the leadership of the "Reichswehr", the traditional loyalty

Question: """What was the name of the Austrian-born dictator who succeeded Hindenburg as Germany's head of state?"
Answer: Adolf Hitler