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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Westland

History; Nazi Germany

Propaganda name used to denote the incorporation of the Netherlands (and in a wider context, all of the Low Countries) into a Nazi-controlled Europe.

Schutzstaffel

History; Nazi Germany

Protection Squadron; a major Nazi organization that grew from a small paramilitary unit that served as Hitler's personal body guard into militarily what was in practical terms the fourth branch of ...

Rassenhygiene

History; Nazi Germany

Racial Hygiene—the Nazi eugenics program—implemented to improve the Nordic Aryan master race itself to the point where it could eventually become a super race.

Totenkopf-Standarten

History; Nazi Germany

Regiment-sized field formations of the Totenkopfverbände. They were merged into the Waffen-SS in August 1940.

Standarte

History; Nazi Germany

Regiment-sized unit of the SA, Allgemeine-SS and Totenkopfverbände.

Reichskanzlei

History; Nazi Germany

Reich Chancellery was the traditional name of the office of the German Chancellor (Reichskanzler). In 1938, Hitler assigned his favourite architect Albert Speer to build the New Reich Chancellery, ...