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4 days ago · Hitler's prophecy speech in the Reichstag, 30 January 1939 The term "Final Solution" was a euphemism used by the Nazis to refer to their plan for the annihilation of the Jewish people . [4] Some historians argue that the usual tendency of the German leadership was to be extremely guarded when discussing the Final Solution.
3 days ago · Adolf Hitler (born April 20, 1889, Braunau am Inn, Austria—died April 30, 1945, Berlin, Germany) was the leader of the Nazi Party (from 1920/21) and chancellor ( Kanzler) and Führer of Germany (1933–45). His worldview revolved around two concepts: territorial expansion and racial supremacy.
- Hitler was of great historical importance—a term that does not imply a positive judgment—because his actions changed the course of the world. He wa...
- Hitler’s rise to power traces to 1919, when he joined the German Workers’ Party that became the Nazi Party. With his oratorical skills and use of p...
- Hitler had an overriding ambition for territorial expansion, which was largely driven by his desire to reunify the German peoples and his pursuit o...
- A key figure of Hitler’s inner circle was Joseph Goebbels, minister of propaganda and a fervent follower whom Hitler selected to succeed him as cha...
- As Soviet troops entered the heart of Berlin, Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945, in his underground bunker. Although there is some specula...
3 days ago · Learn about Adolf Hitler's public speaking style by listening to him delivering the closing address at the 1934 Nürnberg Rally. Footage of this speech served as the climax of Leni Riefenstahl's film Triumph des Willens (1935; Triumph of the Will ).
5 days ago · Hitler dictated his autobiographical political manifesto in Mein Kampf, published in 1925. The political views of Adolf Hitler, dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945, have presented historians and biographers with some difficulty.
The National Socialists held their Party Rallies in Nuremberg from 1933 to 1938. Even today, the remains of the huge structures they built bear witness to how these propaganda shows were staged.
4 days ago · Hitler’s next step was to secure the passage of an Enabling Act, which would give the government the power to issue decrees independently of the Reichstag and of the president. Passage required a two-thirds majority in the Reichstag. The 81 Communist deputies were either arrested or excluded.
3 days ago · The Michalczyks have written, directed, and produced the documentary “Hitler’s Mein Kampf: Prelude to the Holocaust.” The film examines how Hitler’s hateful words about Jews, the disabled, and mixed races laid the groundwork for the Shoah.
