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Facts

Date January 1933 - May 1945

Photos and Videos

Nazi SS troops march in formation carrying banners with swastikas and eagles at the 1933 Party Day rally in Nuremberg, Germany, with trees in the background.
Adolf Hitler addresses massive ranks of Nazi German soldiers assembled in formation at Zeppelin Field, Nuremberg, during the 1938 Nazi Party Congress.
Inflation in the Weimar Republic
General Erich Ludendorff shakes hands with a uniformed Nazi officer as rows of men wearing Nazi armbands stand at attention, holding flags with swastikas in Weimar, Germany, 1924.
Heinrich Brüning
Paul von Hindenburg
Adolf Hitler in a formal portrait from 1932, wearing a suit and tie, looking directly at the camera with a neutral expression.
Army Minister Werner von Blomberg and officers inspect a line of soldiers in uniform outside the Garrison Church in Potsdam, Germany, with large crowds and officials in the background.
Hermann Göring
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Major Events

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T4 Program
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Related Places

Germany
Germany
country, Europe
Brandenburg Gate
Berlin
national capital, Germany

Key People

Portrait of Adolf Hitler in a collared shirt and tie, facing forward with a serious expression, circa 1933.
Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany
Hermann Göring
Hermann Göring
German political leader and convicted war criminal
Joseph Goebbels
Joseph Goebbels
German propagandist
Paul von Hindenburg
Paul von Hindenburg
president of Weimar Republic
Heinrich Himmler
Heinrich Himmler
German Nazi leader
Reinhard Heydrich
Reinhard Heydrich
German Nazi official
Franz von Papen
Franz von Papen
German statesman
Heinrich Brüning
Heinrich Brüning
German statesman
Leni Riefenstahl
Leni Riefenstahl
German director and actor
Portrait of German diplomat Joachim von Ribbentrop in formal attire, looking directly at the camera with a neutral expression.
Joachim von Ribbentrop
German diplomat
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Alfred Hugenberg
German industrialist
Albert Speer
Albert Speer
German architect and Nazi official
Blomberg, Werner von
Werner von Blomberg
German general and minister of war
Gregor Strasser
Gregor Strasser
German political activist
Dönitz, Karl
Karl Dönitz
German naval commander
Nazi official Walther Funk seated and looking to the side during the Nuremberg trials, November 24, 1945.
Walther Funk
German economist
Frick, Wilhelm
Wilhelm Frick
German politician
Neurath, Konstantin, baron von
Konstantin, baron von Neurath
German official
Kurt von Schleicher
Kurt von Schleicher
German army officer
Daluege, Himmler, and Röhm
Ernst Röhm
German army officer

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