Third Reich

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi Germany
historical state
totalitarian regime
alliedWith Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan

Fascist Italy
alsoKnownAs Nazi Germany
surface form: 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 HeinrichHimmler
surface form: Heinrich Himmler

Hermann Göring
Joseph Goebbels
leader Adolf Hitler
legalSystemFeature NurembergLaws
surface form: Nuremberg Laws
memberOf Axis powers
military Wehrmacht
notableEvent Battle of Berlin
Battle of Stalingrad
Enabling Act of 1933
Kristallnacht
Night of the Long Knives
NurembergLaws
surface form: Nuremberg Laws

Operation Barbarossa
Reichstag Fire Decree
Invasion of Poland
surface form: invasion of Poland
officialLanguage German
onePartyState true
opposedBy Allies of World War II
surface form: Allied powers
partyInPower Nazi Party
surface form: 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 European theatre of World War II
surface form: World War II in Europe
usedPropagandaBy Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
surface form: Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda

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Karl-Otto Saur affiliation Third Reich
Deputy Führer of the Nazi Party locatedInTime Third Reich
this entity surface form: Third Reich era
Ilse Pröhl associatedWithPeriod Third Reich
Luftflotte 2 allegiance Third Reich
DAF timePeriod Third Reich
Beauty of Labour operatedIn Third Reich
SS-Sturmbannführer timePeriod Third Reich
this entity surface form: Nazi era
Reich Labour Ministry timePeriod Third Reich
Nazi Party Chancellery operatedIn Third Reich
Schwalbe associatedWith Third Reich
Zeppelinfeld stadium in Nuremberg inUseDuring Third Reich
subject surface form: Zeppelinfeld
Amt I historicalPeriod Third Reich
this entity surface form: Nazi era
Amt VII historicalPeriod Third Reich
this entity surface form: Nazi era
Sicherheitsdienst historicalPeriod Third Reich
this entity surface form: Nazi era
Downfall subject Third Reich
OT historicalContext Third Reich
subject surface form: Organisation Todt
Germany’s Underground hasSetting Third Reich
Clemens August Graf von Galen era Third Reich
Machtergreifung relatedConcept Third Reich
Dog Years timeSpanOfNarrative Third Reich
this entity surface form: Nazi era
Clemens August era Third Reich
subject surface form: Clemens August Graf von Galen
Order of the German Eagle (revoked in public opinion after World War II) associatedWithRegime Third Reich
subject surface form: Order of the German Eagle
Ethics setting Third Reich
subject surface form: Ethics (Bonhoeffer)
this entity surface form: Germany under National Socialism
Reich law timePeriod Third Reich
Hereditary Health Courts timePeriod Third Reich
this entity surface form: Nazi era