What was the difference between Chancellor and President of Germany during the 30's?

Question

Hindenburg appointed Hitler as Chancellor, so was it like a Vice President position?

Answer 1

The new constitution of the 1919 Weimar Republic said that the Chancellor was appointed by the German President, but that the parliament had the right to dismiss a chancellor or any of the ministers.

Under the Weimar Republic, the Chancellor was a fairly weak figure, serving as little more than a chairman.

Cabinet decisions were made by majority vote. In fact many of the Weimar governments depended highly on the cooperation of the President, due to the difficulty of finding a majority in Parliament.