# Hindenburg — Now It Can Be Told character guide

> Hindenburg in Now It Can Be Told by Philip Gibbs.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

German field marshal and later president.

## In the story

### [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/xxi)

Hindenburg is referenced indirectly as part of the German high command facing the crisis on the Somme.

### [After the Armistice: Occupation and Reflection](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/x)

Hindenburg is mentioned alongside Ludendorff as not suffering the consequences of war.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/i)

Mentioned as a symbol of German military might, alongside Ludendorff, in whom the German peasant believed.

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