Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany

The period from 1933 to 1945 in German history in which Adolf Hitler and his National Socialist German Workers' Party, commonly known as the Nazi Party were in power. Under Hitler's rule, Germany was transformed into a totalitarian state where nearly all aspects of life were controlled by the state. Nazi Germany ceased to exist after the Allied Forces defeated the Wehrmacht in May 1945, thus ending World War II in Europe.

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Arbeit macht frei

History; Nazi Germany

Work will set you free, an old German peasant saying, not invented by the Nazis. It was placed above the gate to Auschwitz by the commandant Rudolf Höß. The slogan which appeared on the gates of ...

Arbeitertum der Faust und der Stirn

History; Nazi Germany

Workers of both manual and mental labor i.e. blue-collar and white-collar workers; the Nazi Party self description as an "all-inclusive workers' party" (a term originally designed to carry ...

Arbeitnehmerschaft

History; Nazi Germany

Workforce. The Nazis took this word to mean both manual and mental workers.

25-point program

History; Nazi Germany

The Nazi Party platform and a codification of its ideology announced by Adolf Hitler on February 24, 1920 in front of around 2000 people in the Munich Hofbräuhaus.