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This article is about the political party that existed in Germany from 1920 to 1945. For the ideology, see Nazism. For Germany under their control, see Nazi Germany. For other uses, see Nazi Party (disambiguation). Part of a series on. Nazism. Organizations. Ahnenerbe. Geheime Staatspolizei. Deutsches Jungvolk. Hitler Youth. League of German Girls.
Nazism, totalitarian movement led by Adolf Hitler as head of the Nazi Party in Germany, characterized by intense nationalism, mass appeal, dictatorial rule, and a vision of annihilation of all enemies of the Aryan Volk as the one and only goal of Nazi policy.
Nazi Germany, [h] officially known as the German Reich [i] and later the Greater German Reich, [j] is a term used to describe the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.
Coordinates: 49°27′16″N 11°02′54″E. The Nuremberg trials were held by the Allies against representatives of the defeated Nazi Germany for plotting and carrying out invasions of other countries across Europe and atrocities against their citizens in World War II .
January 1933 - May 1945. Major Events: Nazism. Munich Agreement. T4 Program. German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact. Night of the Long Knives. (Show more) Key People: Adolf Hitler. Hermann Goring. Joseph Goebbels. Paul von Hindenburg. Heinrich Himmler. Related Topics: anti-Semitism. Nazi Party. Wehrmacht. totalitarianism. Nürnberg Laws. Related Places:
SA, in the German Nazi Party, a paramilitary organization whose use of violent intimidation played a key role in Adolf Hitler’s rise to power. When the SA leadership threatened Hitler’s plans for the future of the Nazi Party, he had them murdered in a ‘Blood Purge’ known as the Night of the Long Knives (June 30, 1934).
After the Second World War, the Allies tried to “de-Nazify” the West German population, insisting that former Nazi Party members compile lengthy dossiers to prove their innocence or their ...
