Nazi Germany Flashcards
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Hitler’s Rise to Power
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On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor and beginning the Nazi era.
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Reichstag Fire Decree
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Issued on February 28, 1933, the decree suspending constitutional protections in Germany.
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Nuremburg Laws
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Passed in 1935,, the laws institutionalized racial discrimination against Jews, while also taking on similar viewpoints and intentions of Kristallnacht.
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Heinrich Himmler
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Head of the SS, Himmler was one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany and a main architect of the Holocaust.
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Joseph Goebbels
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As minister of propaganda, Goebbels controlled most of the media, arts and information.
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Hermann Goring
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A leading member of the Nazi party, he was the commander in-chief of the Luftwaffe and Hitler’s designated successor.
