Third Reich

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Nazi Germany historical state totalitarian regime

The Third Reich was Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler’s totalitarian rule from 1933 to 1945, marked by aggressive expansionism, dictatorship, and the Holocaust.

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Statements (69)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nazi Germany → historical state → totalitarian regime →
alliedWith	Empire of Japan → Fascist Italy →
alsoKnownAs	Hitler’s Germany → Nazi Germany →
cameToPowerBy	Enabling Act of 1933 → appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of Germany →
capital	Berlin →
collapsedAfter	defeat in World War II →
country	Germany →
economicPolicy	autarky → rearmament →
endDate	1945-05-08 →
follows	Weimar Republic →
foreignPolicy	Lebensraum in Eastern Europe → aggressive expansionism →
governmentType	totalitarian dictatorship →
headOfGovernment	Adolf Hitler →
headOfState	Adolf Hitler →
historicalEra	Interwar period → World War II →
ideology	Nazism → anti-communism → antisemitism → fascism → militarism → racism → ultranationalism →
keyFigure	Heinrich Himmler → Hermann Göring → Joseph Goebbels →
leader	Adolf Hitler →
legalSystemFeature	Nuremberg Laws →
memberOf	Axis powers →
military	Wehrmacht →
notableEvent	Battle of Berlin → Battle of Stalingrad → Enabling Act of 1933 → Kristallnacht → Night of the Long Knives → Nuremberg Laws → Operation Barbarossa → Reichstag Fire Decree → invasion of Poland →
officialLanguage	German →
onePartyState	true →
opposedBy	Allied powers →
partyInPower	National Socialist German Workers’ Party →
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 →
precedes	Allied occupation of Germany →
propagandaMedium	film → mass rallies → radio →
securityApparatus	Gestapo → SS →
startDate	1933-01-30 →
symbol	swastika →
territorialControlAtPeak	large parts of Europe →
triggeredConflict	World War II in Europe →
usedPropagandaBy	Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda →

Referenced by (74)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
AA ("Nazi era") → Cabinet Room ("Nazi era") → Chief of the Reich Main Security Office → German Labour Front → Great Road (Große Straße) → Law Concerning the Reconstruction of the Reich → New Reich Chancellery in Berlin → Office of the Deputy Führer → Reich Ministry of Justice ("Nazi era") → Reich Youth Leader → Strength Through Joy →	historicalPeriod
DAF → Gestapo headquarters, Berlin → National Socialist Women's League → Nazi Party Rally Grounds → OKH ("Nazi era") → Reich Labour Ministry → Reich Ministry of Economics → Reichstag of Nazi Germany → SS-Sturmbannführer ("Nazi era") → State Secretary in the Party Chancellery → Zeppelin Field →	timePeriod
Beauty of Labour → Nazi Party Chancellery → Reich Commissariat for the Treatment of Enemy Property → Reich Office for Economic Planning → SS Planning Office → SS Security Service (SD) →	operatedIn
Hans Kehrl → Karl Ritter → Karl-Otto Saur → Otto Dietrich → Paul Körner →	affiliation
Cabinet of Adolf Hitler → Reich Coal Commissioner → Reich Price Commissioner → Reich Steel Commissioner →	appliesToJurisdiction
Cabinet Room → Martin Bormann ("Third Reich leadership") → Mein Kampf → Schwalbe →	associatedWith
Reich government → Tiefland ("Nazi-era German cinema") → Wartheland →	partOf
40th Army Corps → Luftflotte 2 →	allegiance
Joseph Goebbels → Reichsmarschall of the Greater German Reich →	government
Marble Gallery ("National Socialist regime") → Mosaic Hall →	politicalContext
Erla Maschinenwerk → Konzentrationslager Ettersberg →	regime
Heinrich Korschan ("Nazi era") →	activeDuring
Ilse Pröhl →	associatedWithPeriod
Prinz-Albrecht-Straße area →	associatedWithRegime
Carinhall →	builtUnderRegime
Joachim von Ribbentrop ("German government under Adolf Hitler") →	employer
Berghof →	era
Weimar Republic →	followedBy
NaziRacialPolicy →	ideologyOf
Zeppelinfeld →	inUseDuring
Deputy Führer of the Nazi Party ("Third Reich era") →	locatedInTime
Artur Axmann →	loyalty
High Command of the Armed Forces ("Nazi power structure") →	memberOf
Reich Main Security Office →	operatedDuring
Wilhelm Frick ("World War II (as Nazi official)") →	participantIn
Reichstag fire ("Nazi seizure of power") →	relatedEvent
The Man in the High Castle ("Greater Nazi Reich") →	setting
Spandau: The Secret Diaries →	subject
Anschluss of Austria ("Greater German Reich") →	successorState
Flag of Nazi Germany →	usedBy
Reich Chancellery →	usedByRegime
AA →	usedDuring
RM →	usedUnderRegime