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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.
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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.
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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.
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D-Day. American soldiers fire rifles, throw grenades and wade ashore on Omaha Beach next to a German bunker during D Day landing. 1 of 5 Allied beachheads est. in Normandy, France. The Normandy Invasion of World War II launched June 6, 1944.
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Added Questions and Answers. Jul 17, 2025
Changed spelling of “anti-Semitism” to “antisemitism.” Mar 17, 2025
Add new Web site: Gresham College - The Fall of the Third Reich, 1944-45. Apr 19, 2024
Media updated. Nov 28, 2023
Add new Web site: Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust - The Rise of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich. Sep 02, 2022
Media added. Jan 09, 2020
Article thoroughly revised. Mar 30, 2018
Media added. Jun 09, 2015
Add new Web site: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Holocaust Encyclopedia - Third Reich. Aug 13, 2012
Add new Web site: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Holocaust Encyclopedia - Third Reich. Aug 13, 2012
Added photo of Nazi forces. Feb 18, 2009
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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