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Nazi Germany
Keywords and definitions for Nazi Germany
Term | Definition |
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Appeasement | British and French policy of giving in to Hitler's demands to avoid going to war. |
Anschluss | Union between Germany and Austria, forbidden in the Treaty of Versailles. |
Antisemitism | Anti-Jewish behaviour. |
Aryan | Hitler's perceived German master race . |
Brownshirts | SA, Nazi supporters, led by Rohm. |
Concentration Camps | Prison camps initially for political prisoners, eventually where Jews would be sent during the Holocaust. |
Condor Legion | Unit of the Luftwaffe sent to assist Franco in Spanish Civil War |
Enabling Act | Enabled Hitler to rule by decree |
Final Solution | Hitler's plan to exterminate Jews in Concentration camps. |
Gestapo | Hitler's secret police. |
Gross Deutschland | Hitler's policy to unite all German speakers. |
Hitler youth | Youth association for Nazi boys. |
Holocaust | Systematic murder of Jews carried out by Nazis in WWII. |
Kristallnacht | Night of vandalism and violence against Jewish property. |
Lebensraum | Living Space, Hitler's plan to expand eastward through Poland and Russia. |
Luftwaffe | German air-force. |
Mein Kampf | My Struggle, the name of Hitler's autobiography. |
Munich Putsch | Early failed attempt of Nazi party to stage an uprising. |
Night of the Long Knives | Night when Hitler had Rohm and SA leaders murdered. |
Nuremberg Laws | Anti Jewish laws, took away Jewish citizenship, banned Jews from certain jobs. |
Nuremberg Rallies | Massive festivals of marching and speeches celebrating Nazism. |
Pact of Steel | Military alliance between Hitler and Mussolini. |
Propaganda | Using the media to influence public opinion in support of or against a particular idea. |
Reichstag | German parliament. |
Rome Berlin Axis | Early agreement between Hitler and Mussolini |
SS | Hitler's bodyguard, black-shirts. |
Swastika | Nazi symbol, worn on uniforms and displayed everywhere on flags and banners. |
Third Reich | Third Empire, name Hitler used for Germany under his rule. |
Treaty of Versailles | Treaty signed between Germany and the victorious countries after WWI. |
Fuhrer | The leader, the title Hitler used after the death of President Hindenberg to amalgamate the roles of Chancellor and President. |
Nazi-Soviet Pact | ten year non-agression Agreement between Hitler and Stalin, also incuded plans to divide Poland between them. |
Maginot Line | Series of defensive forts built by the French to defend their border from German attack. |