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32 matches to Hitler
Autobahn. German road system begun by Hitler to reduce unemployment, 1934.
Beer Hall Putsch. 1923. Hitler’s unsuccessful Munich uprising. Wrote Mein Kampf while imprisoned 8 months.
Blood Purge. 1934. Hitler’s murder of 74 Nazi radicals.
Boris III. 1894-1943. King of Bulgaria, 1918-. Hitler ally, but avoided war w USSR.
Braun, Eva. 1912-45. Hitler’s mistress.
Chamberlain, Neville. 1869-1940. English statesman, Prime Minister, 1937-40. Appeasement Policy towards Hitler. Munich Agreement.
Disarmament Conference. 1932-4. 60 Nations fail to agree due to Hitler’s rise in Germany.
Drang nach Osten. Historic German wish for eastward expansion cited by Hitler.
German-Soviet Pact. 1939-41. Nonaggression agreement. Divided Poland, Baltic between USSR/Germany. Left Hitler free to invade Poland, starting WWII.
Gestapo. 1933-45. Hitler’s internal secret police under Goering.
Goebbels, Joseph. 1897-1945. Hitler’s Minister of Propaganda 1933-. Suicide.
Haushofer, Karl. 1869-1946. German adviser to Hitler.
Hindenburg, Paul von. 1847-1934. Commander in Chief of the German armies 1916-18. President of Weimar Republic 1925-. Appointed Hitler chancellor 1933.
Hitler, Adolf. 1889-1945. Austrian/German Nazi Chancellor 1933-, dictator 1934-. Expansionist policies led to WWII. Mein Kampf 1925.
Locarno Pact. 1925. Non-aggression treaty in Europe. Germany, France, Belgium, et al. Broken when Hitler occupied Rhineland,1936.
Mein Kampf. 1925-27. Hitler’s manifesto. “Bible” of Nazism.
National Socialism. Nazism. 1919-45. German master-race nationalist Fascist movement. Anti- semitic. Individual surrenders to State will. Hitler. Drexler.
Night of the Long Knives. 1934. Hitler’s SS murder 77+ Nazi opponents and others.
Nostradamus. 1503-66. French astrologer. Prophesied Napoleon and Hitler.
Nuremberg Rallies. 1933-8. Annual Nazi festivals followed by Hitler policy speech.
Owens, Jesse. 1913-80. Black US athlete. 4 golds at 1936 Berlin Olympics contradicted Hitler’s Aryan supremacy.
Pogrom. Attack on minority, usually Jews, sanctioned by government. 1881~1906 Russia. 1261 London. Poland, Germany during Hitler regime.
Reich, Third. 1933-45. Germany under Hitler.
Reichstag Fire. 1933. Arson. Hitler blamed “red peril” as excuse for assuming dictatorship.
Rhineland. German Rhine bank. Hitler defied Treaty of Versailles by militarizing area 1936.