Nazi Germany

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Nazi Germany was the totalitarian fascist state led by Adolf Hitler from 1933 to 1945, responsible for initiating World War II in Europe and perpetrating the Holocaust.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dictatorship
fascist state
historical country
totalitarian state
airForce Luftwaffe
alliance Axis powers
surface form: Axis Powers
ally Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan

Fascist Italy
alsoKnownAs Nazi Germany
surface form: National Socialist Germany

Nazi Germany
surface form: Third Reich
antiJewishPolicy ghettoization of Jews
army Heer
bannedSymbolIn modern Germany
capital Berlin
continent Europe
country Germany
crimeClassification perpetrator of aggressive war
perpetrator of genocide
currency Reichsmark
deputyLeader Hermann Göring
discriminatoryLaw NurembergLaws
surface form: Nuremberg Laws
economicPolicy autarky
rearmament
emblem Nazi eagle and swastika
endEvent German surrender in World War II
endTime 1945
flag Flag of Nazi Germany
followedBy Allied occupation of Germany
surface form: Allied-occupied Germany

West Germany
surface form: Federal Republic of Germany

East Germany
surface form: German Democratic Republic
governmentType one-party state
headOfGovernment Adolf Hitler
headOfState Adolf Hitler
ideology Nazism
antisemitism
fascism
militarism
racism
ultranationalism
implementedPolicy HungerPlan
surface form: Final Solution

Gleichschaltung
Lebensraum expansion policy
NurembergLaws
surface form: Nuremberg Laws
initiatedConflict European theatre of World War II
surface form: World War II in Europe
invasion Invasion of Poland
invasionDate 1 September 1939
keyFigure HeinrichHimmler
surface form: Heinrich Himmler

Joseph Goebbels
Rudolf Hess
leader Adolf Hitler
leaderTitle Führer
legalSystem Nazi law
military Wehrmacht
navy Wehrmacht
surface form: Kriegsmarine
notableCamp AuschwitzBirkenau
surface form: Auschwitz

Buchenwald
Dachau
Sobibor
Treblinka
notableEvent Anschluss of Austria
Battle of Stalingrad
D-Day
surface form: D-Day invasion

Kristallnacht
Munich Agreement
Night of the Long Knives
Reichstag fire
occupation Allied occupation of Germany
officialLanguage German
opponent Allies of World War II
surface form: Allied Powers

France
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
paramilitary Sturmabteilung
perpetrated Holocaust
crimes against humanity
genocide of European Jews
genocide of Roma
mass murder of disabled people
persecution of LGBTQ+ people
persecution of political opponents
war crimes
precededBy Weimar Republic
propagandaMinistry Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
rulingParty Nazi Party
surface form: National Socialist German Workers' Party
secretPolice Gestapo
securityOrganization Gestapo
Schutzstaffel (SS)
surface form: Schutzstaffel
shortName NSDAP state
startEvent Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany
Machtergreifung
startTime 1933
symbol swastika
territorialChange loss of all wartime conquests
usedCampSystem concentration camps
extermination camps
warOutcome defeat
womenOrganization Hitler Youth
surface form: League of German Girls
youthOrganization Hitler Youth

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Heinrich Dau allegiance Nazi Germany
Heinrich von Vietinghoff allegiance Nazi Germany
Heinz Guderian allegiance Nazi Germany
Helmuth Weidling allegiance Nazi Germany
Hermann Graf allegiance Nazi Germany
Hermann Hoth allegiance Nazi Germany
Hugo Sperrle allegiance Nazi Germany
I SS Panzer Corps allegiance Nazi Germany
II SS Panzer Corps allegiance Nazi Germany
Johannes Blaskowitz allegiance Nazi Germany
Johannes Steinhoff allegiance Nazi Germany
Josef Mengele allegiance Nazi Germany
Josef Priller allegiance Nazi Germany
Joseph Goebbels allegiance Nazi Germany
Kurt Student allegiance Nazi Germany
Major Erwin König allegiance Nazi Germany
Major Heinrich Strasser allegiance Nazi Germany
Martin Luther (diplomat) allegiance Nazi Germany
Maximilian de Angelis allegiance Nazi Germany
Michael Wittmann allegiance Nazi Germany
Otto Hofmann allegiance Nazi Germany
Otto Ohlendorf allegiance Nazi Germany
Paul Blobel allegiance Nazi Germany
Walter Krupinski allegiance Nazi Germany
Walter Model allegiance Nazi Germany
Walter Schellenberg allegiance Nazi Germany
Walther Nehring allegiance Nazi Germany
Walther von Brauchitsch allegiance Nazi Germany
Walther von Reichenau allegiance Nazi Germany
Werner Mölders allegiance Nazi Germany
Wilhelm Batz allegiance Nazi Germany
Wilhelm Bittrich allegiance Nazi Germany
Wilhelm Keitel allegiance Nazi Germany
Keitel allegiance Nazi Germany
subject surface form: Wilhelm Keitel
subject surface form: Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma allegiance Nazi Germany
Wilhelm von Leeb allegiance Nazi Germany
Benito alliance Nazi Germany
subject surface form: Benito Mussolini
ARMIR alliedWith Nazi Germany
Ante Pavelić alliedWith Nazi Germany
Benito Mussolini alliedWith Nazi Germany
Fascist Italy alliedWith Nazi Germany
Fumimaro Konoe alliedWith Nazi Germany
Haj Amin al-Husseini alliedWith Nazi Germany
Hlinka Guard alliedWith Nazi Germany
Hungarian revisionism alliedWith Nazi Germany
Hungary in World War II alliedWith Nazi Germany