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Parent topics
- Fascism [r]: Political ideology of the far right that seeks national unity through patriotism, collectivism, subservience of the individual and opposition to liberalism. [e]
- Adolf Hitler [r]: Dictator of Germany (1933-45) and first highly visible leader of the Nazi (National Socialist German Workers' Party). [e]
- Totalitarianism [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Tripartite Pact [r]: The treaty Tripartite Pact of September 27, 1940, created the Second World War Axis of Germany, Japan, and Italy. [e]
Subtopics
- Operation Barbarossa [r]: The German invasion of the Soviet Union, beginning on June 22, 1941 [e]
- Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact [r]: Add brief definition or description
- The Holocaust [r]: Nazi Germany's systematic economic exploitation, followed by killing, of European Jews and others deemed racial and ideological enemies [e]
Leadership
- Central, not occupation; a few subordinates of immense poery
- Rudolf Hess [r]: Early Nazi Party member to whom Adolf Hitler dictated Mein Kampf; became Deputy Fuhrer but lost bureaucratic power; made an unauthorized flight to Great Britain in 1941 to seek a peace agreement but was interned; sentenced to life imprisonment by the International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg) and died in Spandau Prison [e]
- Hermann Goering [r]: prominent Nazi politician, effectively #2 in status for most of the war and Commander-in-Chief of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) during WW II. Sentenced to death by the International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg) but committed suicide shortly before execution [e]
- Josef Goebbels [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Heinrich Himmler [r]: German Nazi leader, head of the Schutzstaffel SS troops and of the dreaded Gestapo, or German secret police. [e]
- Reinhard Heydrich [r]: First commander of the RSHA of the SS, then Nazi commander of Czechoslovakia until his assassination [e]
- Martin Bormann [r]: German Nazi administrator, little-known to the public but became immensely powerful as the head of Adolf Hitler's personal office, essentially controlling access to him. Unaccounted-for at the end of the Second World War but tried and condemned in absentia by the International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg); now generally believed to have died during the final breakout from Hitler's bunker in Berlin [e]
- Albert Speer [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Joachim von Ribbentrop [r]: Foreign Minister of Nazi Germany, of lessened importance when the extension of national policies became military rather than diplomatic; tried and executed, principally for planning war, by the International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg) [e]
- Ernst Kaltenbrunner [r]: Second commander of the Reich Main Security Administration (RSHA) of the SS of Nazi Germany; executed for war crimes by the International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg) [e]
- Alfred Rosenberg [r]: Early Nazi Party member and ideologist, later Minister for the occupied territories on the Eastern Front; tried and executed by the International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg) [e]
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- Wilhelm Frick [r]: Minister of the Interior of Nazi Germany; titular authority over the police apparatus that was actually controlled by Heinrich Himmler; executed by the International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg) [e]
- Walther Funk [r]: President of the Nazi Reichsbank from 1939, after replacing Hjalmar Schacht, taking a supportive but not primary role in confiscation of assets from Jews and from conquered countries, and sentenced to life imprisonment by the International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg) [e]
- Fritz Sauckel [r]: Add brief definition or description
NDSAP organizations
- How do we handle the many acronyms (SS, SD der SS, RSHA, Amt 4(b), etc.?), informal terms (e.g., "Brownshirts"), and reorganizations?
- At this point, I'm going to use Nazi rather than NDSAP in organizational titles
- Sturmabteilung [r]: The Nazi "brownshirt" paramilitary organization, also known as the SA [e]
- Schutzstaffel [r]: A Nazi German organization, the "SS". technically part of the National Socialist German Workers' Party but in many respects a "state within a state", its functions intermingled with government offices in a manner characteristic of Adolf Hitler's desire to keep final control. While it is best known for its security and genocidal operations, it also had major economic and regular military roles, a far growth from its original role as Hitler's personal bodyguard [e]
- Nazi Party regional organization [r]: Add brief definition or description
Military
- Oberkommando der Wehrmacht [r]: In Nazi Germany, the High Command of the Armed Forces, or the military staff office in direct support of Adolf Hitler [e]
- Oberkommando das Heer [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Oberkommando der Luftwaffe [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Oberkommando der Marine [r]: Add brief definition or description
Other related topics
- Gregor Strasser [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Otto Strasser [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Erich von Ludendorff [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Anton Drexler [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Paul von Hindenburg [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ernst Roehm [r]: Add brief definition or description
