Nazi Germany[f] officially known as the German Reich [g] until and Greater German Reich [h] from towas the German state between andwhen Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country which they transformed into a dictatorship. Under Hitler's rule, Germany quickly became a totalitarian state where nearly all aspects of life were controlled by the government.
The Nazi Party then began to eliminate all political opposition and consolidate its power. Hindenburg died on 2 August and Hitler became dictator of Germany by merging the offices and powers of the Chancellery and Presidency.
All power was centralised in Hitler's person and his word became the the other side of the sky book law. The government was not a coordinated, co-operating body, but a collection of factions struggling for power and Hitler's favour. In the midst of the Great Depressionthe Nazis restored economic stability and ended mass unemployment using heavy military spending and a mixed economy.
Using deficit spendingthe regime undertook a massive secret rearmament program and the construction of extensive public works projects, including the construction of Autobahnen motorways. The return to economic stability boosted the regime's popularity. RacismNazi eugenicsand oligarchy information antisemitismwere central ideological features of the regime.
The Germanic peoples were considered by the Nazis to be the master racethe purest branch of the Aryan race.
Discrimination and the persecution of Jews and Romani people began in earnest after the seizure of power. The first concentration camps were established in March Jews and others deemed undesirable were imprisoned, and liberalssocialistsand communists were killed, imprisoned, or exiled. Christian churches and citizens that opposed Hitler's rule were oppressed and many leaders imprisoned.
Education focused on racial biologypopulation policy, and fitness for military service. Career and ohter opportunities for women were curtailed. Recreation and tourism were organised via the Strength Through Joy program, and the Summer Olympics showcased Germany on the international stage. Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels made effective use of film, mass rallies, and Hitler's hypnotic oratory to influence public opinion. The government controlled artistic expression, promoting specific art forms and banning or discouraging others.
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From the latter half of the s, Nazi Germany made increasingly aggressive territorial demands, threatening war if these were not met. The Othre voted by plebiscite to rejoin Germany inand in Hitler sent troops into the Rhinelandwhich had been de-militarized after World War I. Germany seized Austria in the Anschluss ofand demanded and received the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia in that same year. In Marchthe Slovak state was proclaimed and became a client state of Germany, and the German Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was established on the remainder of the occupied Czech Lands.]
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