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Date January 1933 - May 1945

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German troops
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inflation in the Weimar Republic
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Brüning, Heinrich
Paul von Hindenburg
The rise of the Third Reich
Werner von Blomberg inspecting troops
Hermann Göring
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What led to the fall of Germany's Weimar Republic?
How did Joseph Goebbels's use of propaganda and terror aid Adolf Hitler's campaign for chancellor?
How did Hitler seize power in Germany?
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Munich Agreement
T4 Program
T4 Program
Joachim von Ribbentrop
German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact
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Night of the Long Knives

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Germany
Germany
Brandenburg Gate
Berlin
national capital, Germany

Key People

Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany
Hermann Göring
Hermann Göring
German minister
Joseph Goebbels
Joseph Goebbels
German propagandist
Paul von Hindenburg
Paul von Hindenburg
German president
Heinrich Himmler
Heinrich Himmler
German Nazi leader
Reinhard Heydrich
Reinhard Heydrich
German Nazi official
Franz von Papen
Franz von Papen
German statesman
Brüning, Heinrich
Heinrich Brüning
German statesman
Leni Riefenstahl
Leni Riefenstahl
German director and actor
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Joachim von Ribbentrop
German diplomat
Alfred Hugenberg
German political leader
Speer, Albert
Albert Speer
German architect and Nazi official
Blomberg, Werner von
Werner von Blomberg
German general and minister of war
Strasser, Gregor
Gregor Strasser
German political activist
Dönitz, Karl
Karl Dönitz
German naval commander
Walther Funk
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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