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Führer (often written Fuehrer or Fuhrer in English when umlauts are not used; also written with the German definite article included, der Führer) meaning "leader" or "guide" in German, was a title granted by German Chancellor Adolf Hitler to himself by law following the death of Reichspräsident Paul von Hindenburg (president of the German Reich; Reich = empire) August 2, 1934. The new position, fully named Führer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Chancellor of the Empire), formally made Hitler Germany's Head of State as well as Head of government (see also Gleichschaltung). It is modeled after its Italian equivalent 'il Duce', used by Benito Mussolini. Other equivalents used during the period were 'el Caudillo' (Francisco Franco), "The Captain" Corneliu Codreanu, "the American Führer" Fritz Kuhn, 'El Jefe' Jorge González von Mareés, and 'Netaji' (Subhas Chandra Bose) (see also Adrien Arcand and Vidkun Quisling). Postwar equivalents include 'Commander' George Lincoln Rockwell.Hitler cultivated the Führerprinzip, and Hitler was generally known as just der Führer (the Leader). It was a de-facto personality cult about his role as leader. One of Hitler's most-repeated political slogans was "Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer" (translated as "One people, one country, one leader", or "One nation, one empire, one leader").
Due to its excessive use in Nazi Germany, the term Führer, as well as the naive notion of politicians as leaders of men, have understandably gone out of fashion in modern Germany. The term Anführer, with a slightly more tangible field of meaning than Führer, is now mostly being used as a literal translation of "leader", while Führer itself is almost exclusively used in composites, e.g. Lok[omotiv]führer (engine driver), Zugführer (railway guard), Flugzeugführer (aircraft pilot), Bergführer (mountain guide), Führerschein (driver's licence), Spielführer (team captain), Fremdenführer (tourist guide), Führerstand (driver's cab) and so on.
One of the very few current uses of Führer is the correct translation for eg. a politician's official English description as great leader, which is regularly translated as großer Führer (using the indefinite article).
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