Editing Tannenberg Memorial (section)

==The new crypt==
[[Image:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-C06886, Paul v. Hindenburg.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Generalfeldmarschall]]'' Paul von Hindenburg]]
Hindenburg was originally buried in the central yard or "plaza" of the monument on 7 August 1934. On 2 October 1935, the anniversary of Hindenburg's birthday, the President's bronze coffin was relocated to a new, sombre chamber where he was joined by his wife Gertrud, who was moved from the family plot in [[Hanover]]. The new crypt, which was completed in the [[autumn]] of 1935, was located directly below the south tower. To create an entrance to the crypt, Hindenburg and the 20 unknown German soldiers from the 1914 battle were temporarily disinterred, and the level of the plaza was lowered by {{convert|8|ft|m}}, with stone steps surrounding it on all sides.<ref>[http://info-poland.buffalo.edu/classroom/JM/monument.html Tannenberg: a Monument of German Pride, Peter K. Gessner, date unknown] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229091937/http://info-poland.buffalo.edu/classroom/JM/monument.html |date=29 February 2012 }}</ref> The unknown soldiers were re-interred in the side chapels.<ref name=Giles>[http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=24744 The Gentlemanly Knight versus the Iron Hun, Geoffrey J. Giles, May 2009]</ref> Designed by the Kruger brothers and carved by Paul Bronisch, the entrance to Hindenburg's crypt was dominated by two fourteen-foot sculptures of the Eternal Watch, known as the ''Ewige Wache'', which were carved out of more than 120 tons of Königsberg granite. The mausoleum had a dramatic vaulted ceiling.