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| Subject: Nazi Germany Sun Dec 04, 2011 8:05 pm | |
| Nazi Germany (German: Nazideutschland), also known as the Third Reich (German: Drittes Reich)[3]. It was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party and best known for its aggressive foreign policy, its launching of World War II, and its Holocaust to kill the Jews in the name of Aryan racial purity. On 30 January 1933 Adolf Hitler legally became chancellor of Germany. Although he initially headed a coalition government, he quickly eliminated his non-Nazi partners and ruled as the sole dictator. The Nazi regime restored economic prosperity and ended mass unemployment using heavy military spending while suppressing labor unions and strikes. The return of prosperity gave the regime enormous popularity and made Hitler's rule mostly unchallenged, despite a growing resistance that culminated in the failed 20 July plot in 1944. The Gestapo (secret state police) under Heinrich Himmler destroyed the liberal, Socialist, and Communist opposition and persecuted the Jews. The party took control of the courts, local government, and all civic organizations except the Protestant and Catholic churches.[4] The Nazi state idolized Hitler as its Führer ("Leader"), centralizing all power in his hands. Nazi propaganda was quite effective in creating what historians call the "Hitler Myth" – that Hitler was all-wise and all-powerful, so that any mistakes or failures by others would be corrected when brought to his attention. In reality, Hitler had a narrow range of interests and decision-making was diffused among overlapping, feuding power centers; on some issues he was p Sales RecruitmentToronto Homes For Sale | |
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