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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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Reichsschrifttumskammer
History; Nazi Germany
The Nazi Chamber of Literature. Hanns Johst was president.
Die Neuordnung
History; Nazi Germany
The New Order; the formation of a hegemonial empire in Europe in order to ensure the supremacy of Nazi Germany and the "Nordic-Aryan master race".
Völkischer Beobachter
History; Nazi Germany
The official Nazi Party newspaper from 1920. It first appeared weekly, then daily from February 8, 1923. For twenty-five years it formed part of the official public face of the National Socialist ...
Entnazifizierung
History; Nazi Germany
Denazification. The process by which the Allied occupiers attempted to purge post-war Germany of remnants of the Nazi regime and Nazi philosophy.
Reichsministerium für Rüstung und Kriegsproduktion
History; Nazi Germany
The Reich Ministry for Armaments and War Production, founded in 1942 by merging the earlier Ministry for Weapons and Munitions with Organisation Todt; it was headed by Albert Speer.
Gleichschaltung
History; Nazi Germany
The restructuring of German society and government into streamlined, centralized hierarchies of power, with the intention of gaining total control and co-ordination of all aspects of society.
