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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Wehrbauern

History; Nazi Germany

Soldier-peasant settlements that were to be established in the East to act as a defensive shield against the inroads of Slav barbarianism.

Halsschmerzen

History; Nazi Germany

Sore throat or itchy neck. Used of a reckless or glory-seeking commander, implying an obsession with winning the Knight's Cross.

Sonderkommando

History; Nazi Germany

Special commando ---originally used mainly for actual special-task troops in the Waffen SS. However, the term was quickly put to facetious use at the concentration camps, labor camps, and death camps ...

Sonderbehandlung

History; Nazi Germany

Special handling or "special treatment" —a euphemism for killing.

Deutsche Arbeiterpolitik

History; Nazi Germany

Special labor section included in the above party paper

Sonderkraftfahrzeug (Sd.Kfz.)

History; Nazi Germany

Special purpose motor vehicle. All tanks and other military vehicles were assigned a Sd.Kfz number.

Einsatzgruppen

History; Nazi Germany

Special-operation units that were death squads under the command of the RSHA and followed the Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front to engage in the systematic killing of mostly civilians, including: Jews, ...