Nazi Germany, [i] officially known as the German Reich[j] and later the Greater German Reich, [k] refers to the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.

Nov 9, 2009 · The National Socialist German Workers’ Party, or Nazi Party, grew into a mass movement and ruled Germany through totalitarian means from 1933 to 1945 under the leadership of Adolf Hitler.

Jan 23, 2025 · The Nazi Party was the political party of the mass movement known as National Socialism. Under the leadership of Adolf Hitler, the party came to power in Germany in 1933 and governed by totalitarian methods until 1945.

5 days ago · Third Reich, official Nazi designation for the regime in Germany from January 1933 to May 1945, as the presumed successor of the Holy Roman Empire (800–1806; First Reich) and the German Empire (1871–1918; Second Reich).

Nazism (/ ˈnɑːtsɪzəm, ˈnæt -/ ⓘ NA (H)T-siz-əm), formally named National Socialism (NS; German: Nationalsozialismus, German: [natsi̯oˈnaːlzotsi̯aˌlɪsmʊs] ⓘ), is the far-right totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany. [1][2][3] During Hitler's rise ...

5 days ago · Even within Germany itself, violent and nonviolent resistance to the Nazi regime manifested; perhaps the best-known nonviolent anti-Nazi group was the student-led White Rose movement.

As the Nazi blitzkrieg, or lightning war, raced across Europe, German forces committed unnumbered atrocities against the men, women, and children in their path, especially Slavs.

Both inside and outside Germany, the term “Third Reich” was often used to describe the Nazi regime in Germany from January 30, 1933, to May 8, 1945. The Nazi rise to power marked the beginning of the Third Reich.

The government of Nazi Germany was a totalitarian dictatorship governed by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party according to the Führerprinzip.

Apr 4, 2024 · During World War II, Nazi Germany and its allies and collaborators murdered six million Jews in a genocide now known as the Holocaust. In addition to the genocide of Europe’s Jews, the Nazis also targeted additional groups of people whom they saw as enemies or threats.