The first theory was that this airship was targeted for sabotage. It was part of a dangerous plan to destroy the pride of Nazi Germany. Some people believed that some anti-Nazi activist or some other country had hidden a bomb in the Hindenburg airship. That’s why the sudden explosion occurred. Some people believed that Adolf Hitler himself had blown up the Hindenburg airship. Hitler’s people planted a bomb on it to blow up their own country’s airship. Why would they do that”
Actually, the owner of the company manufacturing these airships was a man named Hugo Eckener. He was among the few people who openly spoke against Hitler and the Nazis during Hitler’s rule. It was not easy to raise your voice against Hitler publicly at that time. This is the reason why in 1933, when the Nazi party came to power, Hitler tried to arrest Hugo Eckener.
But at that time, his arrest was blocked by the German President Paul von Hindenburg. You heard it right, the name of the German President at that time was Hindenburg. You can already guess the origin of the name of this airship.
