Hitler became Fuhrer

• 87 year old President Hindenburg died on 2 August 1934
• Hitler now had the position of President abolished and that the powers of the President with by merged with those of the chancellor to form a new position of Fuhrer, which Hitler would hold as undisputed leader of Germany.
• In gratitude for eliminating the threat of Rohm to the army, a new oath of loyalty was now sworn to Hitler in person by everyone in the army.
• In a plebiscite held on 19 August, 90% of voters supported Hitler as Fuhrer. The Weimar Republic had now formally ceased to exist and the Third Reich had begun.