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4 days ago · The Reichstag building in flames on the night of February 27, 1933. Source: Smithsonian Magazine On March 23, 1933, Adolf Hitler managed to secure the passage of the so-called Enabling Act, a law allowing him to issue decrees without the previous approval of the parliament and the president. Having finally obtained virtually absolute powers, Hitler began the Gleichschaltung (coordination), a ...
3 days ago · On October 7, 1944, in the depths of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, a group of Jewish prisoners staged a courageous uprising against their Nazi captors. Armed with little more than smuggled gunpowder and an indomitable will to resist, the Sonderkommando inmates fought back against the SS in a revolt that echoes through history as a profound ...
3 days ago · Specialty insignia (NCOs and enlisted) The Heer as the German army and part of the Wehrmacht inherited its uniforms and rank structure from the Reichsheer of the Weimar Republic (1921–1935). There were few alterations and adjustments made as the army grew from a limited peacetime defense force of 100,000 men to a war-fighting force of several ...
4 days ago · Third Reich, official Nazi designation for the regime in Germany from January 1933 to May 1945, as the presumed successor of the Holy Roman Empire (800–1806; First Reich) and the German Empire (1871–1918; Second Reich). Learn more about the history and significance of the Third Reich in this article.
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5 days ago · CNN — A far-right coalition of parties in the European Parliament has expelled Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) Party following their leading candidate’s comments about Nazi SS soldiers...
1 day ago · Paul Joseph Goebbels ( German: [ˈpaʊ̯l ˈjoːzɛf ˈɡœbl̩s] ⓘ; 29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was a German Nazi politician and philologist who was the Gauleiter (district leader) of Berlin, chief propagandist for the Nazi Party, and then Reich Minister of Propaganda from 1933 to 1945. He was one of Adolf Hitler 's closest and most ...
3 days ago · This contrasts with the motto of the Schutzstaffel (SS) who carried out the final solution. They proudly wore the phrase "Meine Ehre heißt Treue (My honor is loyalty) emblazoned on their sashes. A note on my spelling: in Jewish tradition, the name of the deity is only spelled out in scripture. For other uses, a substitute like "G-d" is used.
