Nazi seizure of power
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The Nazi seizure of power was the process in early 1933 by which Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party dismantled Germany’s democratic institutions and established a totalitarian dictatorship.
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Target entity: Nazi seizure of power Context triple: [Sturmabteilung, significantEvent, Nazi seizure of power]
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Nazism
Nazism is a far-right, totalitarian ideology rooted in extreme nationalism, racism, and antisemitism that dominated Germany under Adolf Hitler and led to World War II and the Holocaust.
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Third Reich
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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Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht was a state-organized pogrom against Jews in Nazi Germany in November 1938, marked by widespread violence, destruction of synagogues and Jewish property, and mass arrests that signaled a major escalation toward the Holocaust.
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Reich government
The Reich government was the central authoritarian regime of Nazi Germany, dominated by Nazi Party officials who controlled the state’s political, legal, and administrative apparatus.
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remilitarization of the Rhineland
The remilitarization of the Rhineland was Nazi Germany’s 1936 deployment of troops into the previously demilitarized Rhineland, a key early violation of the Treaty of Versailles that marked a major step toward World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Nazi seizure of power Target entity description: The Nazi seizure of power was the process in early 1933 by which Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party dismantled Germany’s democratic institutions and established a totalitarian dictatorship.
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A.
Nazism
Nazism is a far-right, totalitarian ideology rooted in extreme nationalism, racism, and antisemitism that dominated Germany under Adolf Hitler and led to World War II and the Holocaust.
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B.
Third Reich
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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C.
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht was a state-organized pogrom against Jews in Nazi Germany in November 1938, marked by widespread violence, destruction of synagogues and Jewish property, and mass arrests that signaled a major escalation toward the Holocaust.
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D.
Reich government
The Reich government was the central authoritarian regime of Nazi Germany, dominated by Nazi Party officials who controlled the state’s political, legal, and administrative apparatus.
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E.
remilitarization of the Rhineland
The remilitarization of the Rhineland was Nazi Germany’s 1936 deployment of troops into the previously demilitarized Rhineland, a key early violation of the Treaty of Versailles that marked a major step toward World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
constitutional crisis
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historical event ⓘ political process ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Machtergreifung ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| endTime | March 1933 ⓘ |
| followed |
Great Depression
ⓘ
surface form:
Great Depression in Germany
Weimar Republic political instability ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Hitler becoming Führer in 1934
ⓘ
Gleichschaltung ⓘ
surface form:
Nazi consolidation of power
Night of the Long Knives ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
concentration of power in Adolf Hitler
ⓘ
dismantling of the Weimar Republic ⓘ end of parliamentary democracy in Germany ⓘ establishment of Nazi dictatorship ⓘ legal basis for totalitarian rule ⓘ persecution of political opponents ⓘ suspension of civil liberties ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Enabling Act of 1933
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Gleichschaltung ⓘ German federal election campaign of March 1933 ⓘ
surface form:
March 1933 German federal election
Nazification of state institutions ⓘ Reichstag Fire Decree ⓘ Reichstag fire ⓘ appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of Germany ⓘ banning of trade unions ⓘ centralization of power in Berlin ⓘ dissolution of other political parties ⓘ establishment of one-party state ⓘ purge of civil service ⓘ suppression of political opposition ⓘ |
| languageOfAlternateName | German ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Enabling Act of 1933
ⓘ
Reichstag Fire Decree ⓘ |
| location |
Berlin
ⓘ
German states ⓘ Prussia ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Adolf Hitler
ⓘ
Nazi Party ⓘ
surface form:
National Socialist German Workers' Party
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| opponent |
Centre Party (Germany)
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Communist Party of Germany ⓘ Social Democratic Party of Germany ⓘ |
| partOf |
history of Nazi Germany
ⓘ
history of the Weimar Republic ⓘ rise of Nazism ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
23 March 1933 passage of the Enabling Act
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Reichstag fire ⓘ
surface form:
27 February 1933 Reichstag fire
Reichstag Fire Decree ⓘ
surface form:
28 February 1933 Reichstag Fire Decree
30 January 1933 appointment of Hitler as Chancellor ⓘ |
| startTime | January 1933 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
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Subject: Nazi seizure of power Description of subject: The Nazi seizure of power was the process in early 1933 by which Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party dismantled Germany’s democratic institutions and established a totalitarian dictatorship.
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