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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Judenknecht

History; Nazi Germany

Servant of the Jews. Gentile individuals, groups or states opposing Nazi Germany.

Stoßtrupp

History; Nazi Germany

Shock troop. Hitler's body guard unit before the Hitlerputsch; forerunner to the SS.

Germania

History; Nazi Germany

Officially Welthauptstadt (world-capital-city) Germania (Latin term for Germany): the name Hitler wanted for his proposed world capital city of Berlin—implying planned German dominance of much of the ...

Reich

History; Nazi Germany

Often translated as "Empire" or "State", perhaps the most accurate translation is "Realm".

Alter Kämpfer

History; Nazi Germany

Old fighter. A Nazi Party member who joined the party or a party-affiliated organization before the Reichstag election of September 1930, when the Nazi Party made its electoral breakthrough; or who ...

Bann

History; Nazi Germany

Old German word meaning "area of command authority" (thus, ban-mile). It was revived by the Hitler Youth to designate a division of four to six Stämme (stems), or subbans, led by an HJ Bannführer. ...

Altreich

History; Nazi Germany

Old state or old country; term used after the annexation of Austria in 1938 to refer to that part of Germany that was within the 1937 (pre-annexation) boundaries.