INTER WAR YEARS 1919 TO 1939
NAZISM IN GERMANY
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concentration camp
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dictatorship
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holocaust
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fascism
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Detailed explanation-1: -Nazi Germany (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a dictatorship.
Detailed explanation-2: -On January 30, 1933, President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler, leader or führer of the National Socialist German Workers Party (or Nazi Party), as chancellor of Germany.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hitler used effective propaganda and clear promises of jobs and strength when people felt at their weakest. This combined with constitutional and leadership weaknesses of the Weimar Republic enabled Hitler to exploit the events and situation of 1932/3 to become Chancellor.
Detailed explanation-4: -Enabling Act, law passed by the German Reichstag (Diet) in 1933 that enabled Adolf Hitler to assume dictatorial powers.
Detailed explanation-5: -Trade unions were abolished and workers, employees, and employers were forced into Nazi organizations. By mid-July 1933, the Nazi Party was the only political party permitted in Germany. The Reichstag (German parliament) became a rubber stamp for Hitler’s dictatorship.