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5 days ago · Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I (German: Franz Joseph Karl [fʁants ˈjoːzɛf ˈkaʁl]; Hungarian: Ferenc József Károly [ˈfɛrɛnt͡s ˈjoːʒɛf ˈkaːroj]; 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the ruler of the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 2 December 1848 until his death in 1916 ...
2 days ago · v. t. e. Adolf Hitler [a] (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, [c] becoming the chancellor in 1933 and then taking the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934.
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 ...
Apr 18, 2024 · Nazi Propaganda: 1933-1945. Propaganda was central to National Socialist Germany. This page is a collection of English translations of Nazi propaganda for the period 1933-1945, part of a larger site on German propaganda. The goal is to help people understand the great totalitarian systems of the twentieth century by giving them access to ...
4 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.
Apr 27, 2024 · Franz Josef died of pneumonia in the middle of the war, on November 21, 1916. He was 86. He reigned for 68 years, which some sources record as the third-longest European reign. He was succeeded by his grand-nephew Karl. Franz Josef was Austrian emperor from 1848 to 1916. During that time, he presided over a large number of changes in his ...
3 days ago · These historiographical tensions provide an insight into Kershaw’s approach and explains why Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris constitutes a different type biography to the more traditional approach found in Bullock’s masterpiece (Hitler: A Study in T yranny, 1952; rev. ed., 1964) or Jochim Fest’s brilliant analysis of the psychological forces ...
