Hitler’s Reichstag speech of 1 September 1939
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Hitler’s Reichstag speech of 1 September 1939 was the address to the German parliament in which he announced and attempted to justify the invasion of Poland, marking the beginning of World War II in Europe.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Adolf Hitler in Reichstag speech | 1 |
| Hitler’s Reichstag speech of 1 September 1939 canonical | 1 |
| Hitler’s Reichstag speech of 30 January 1939 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T349722 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hitler’s Reichstag speech of 1 September 1939 Context triple: [Gleiwitz incident, pretextFor, Hitler’s Reichstag speech of 1 September 1939]
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A.
Gleiwitz incident
The Gleiwitz incident was a staged 1939 false-flag attack by Nazi Germany on a German radio station, used as propaganda to justify the invasion of Poland and the start of World War II.
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B.
Reichstag Fire Decree
The Reichstag Fire Decree was an emergency order issued by President Paul von Hindenburg in 1933 that suspended key civil liberties in Germany and enabled the Nazi regime’s subsequent dictatorship.
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C.
Invasion of Poland
The Invasion of Poland was the 1939 German and Soviet military campaign that triggered the start of World War II in Europe.
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D.
Nuremberg Party Rally
The Nuremberg Party Rally was a massive annual propaganda event held by the Nazi Party in Nuremberg, showcasing its power, ideology, and militaristic pageantry.
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E.
German attack on Westerplatte
The German attack on Westerplatte was the opening military engagement of World War II in Europe, where German forces assaulted a Polish military transit depot near Gdańsk in early September 1939.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hitler’s Reichstag speech of 1 September 1939 Target entity description: Hitler’s Reichstag speech of 1 September 1939 was the address to the German parliament in which he announced and attempted to justify the invasion of Poland, marking the beginning of World War II in Europe.
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A.
Gleiwitz incident
The Gleiwitz incident was a staged 1939 false-flag attack by Nazi Germany on a German radio station, used as propaganda to justify the invasion of Poland and the start of World War II.
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B.
Reichstag Fire Decree
The Reichstag Fire Decree was an emergency order issued by President Paul von Hindenburg in 1933 that suspended key civil liberties in Germany and enabled the Nazi regime’s subsequent dictatorship.
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C.
Invasion of Poland
The Invasion of Poland was the 1939 German and Soviet military campaign that triggered the start of World War II in Europe.
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D.
Nuremberg Party Rally
The Nuremberg Party Rally was a massive annual propaganda event held by the Nazi Party in Nuremberg, showcasing its power, ideology, and militaristic pageantry.
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E.
German attack on Westerplatte
The German attack on Westerplatte was the opening military engagement of World War II in Europe, where German forces assaulted a Polish military transit depot near Gdańsk in early September 1939.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Reichstag speech
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historical event ⓘ political speech ⓘ |
| audience |
German public
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members of the Reichstag ⓘ |
| chronologicalRelation |
delivered after the Gleiwitz incident
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delivered before the British and French declarations of war on Germany ⓘ delivered on the first day of the German invasion of Poland ⓘ |
| containsElement |
appeals to German unity
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denunciations of the Treaty of Versailles ⓘ false allegations of Polish attacks on German territory ⓘ propaganda claims of Polish aggression ⓘ references to ethnic Germans in Poland ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| date | 1939-09-01 ⓘ |
| declaredState | state of war between Germany and Poland ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Nazism
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surface form:
Nazi era
World War II ⓘ |
| ideology |
German nationalism
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Nazism ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
Danzig (Gdańsk) question
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German territorial claims in Eastern Europe ⓘ German–Polish relations ⓘ Nazi foreign policy ⓘ invasion of Poland ⓘ outbreak of World War II in Europe ⓘ |
| medium | radio broadcast ⓘ |
| place |
Reichstag building
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surface form:
Reichstag building, Berlin
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| politicalContext |
German expansionism
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Nazi dictatorship in Germany ⓘ breakdown of the European diplomatic order of the 1930s ⓘ |
| purpose |
announcement of the German attack on Poland
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blaming Poland for the outbreak of hostilities ⓘ mobilization of German public opinion for war ⓘ portraying Germany as acting in self-defense ⓘ propaganda justification of the invasion of Poland ⓘ |
| recordingExists |
audio recording
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transcript ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
Invasion of Poland
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surface form:
German invasion of Poland
Gleiwitz incident ⓘ Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact ⓘ
surface form:
Nazi–Soviet Pact
beginning of World War II in Europe ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Hitler’s Reichstag speech of 1 September 1939
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Hitler’s Reichstag speech of 30 January 1939
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| significance |
important primary source for historians of the Second World War
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key document in the history of Nazi propaganda ⓘ symbolic starting point of World War II in Europe ⓘ |
| speaker | Adolf Hitler ⓘ |
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Subject: Hitler’s Reichstag speech of 1 September 1939 Description of subject: Hitler’s Reichstag speech of 1 September 1939 was the address to the German parliament in which he announced and attempted to justify the invasion of Poland, marking the beginning of World War II in Europe.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Adolf Hitler in Reichstag speech
Hitler’s Reichstag speech of 1 September 1939
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relatedWork
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Hitler’s Reichstag speech of 1 September 1939
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this entity surface form:
Hitler’s Reichstag speech of 30 January 1939