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Date January 1933 - May 1945

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Inflation in the Weimar Republic
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Heinrich Brüning
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Hermann Göring
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What led to the fall of Germany's Weimar Republic?
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T4 Program
Joachim von Ribbentrop
German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact
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Germany
Germany
Brandenburg Gate
Berlin
national capital, Germany

Key People

Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany
Hermann Göring
Hermann Göring
German minister
Joseph Goebbels
Joseph Goebbels
German propagandist
Paul von Hindenburg
Paul von Hindenburg
German president
Heinrich Himmler
Heinrich Himmler
German Nazi leader
Reinhard Heydrich
Reinhard Heydrich
German Nazi official
Franz von Papen
Franz von Papen
German statesman
Heinrich Brüning
Heinrich Brüning
German statesman
Leni Riefenstahl
Leni Riefenstahl
German director and actor
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Joachim von Ribbentrop
German diplomat
Alfred Hugenberg
German political leader
Albert Speer
Albert Speer
German architect and Nazi official
Blomberg, Werner von
Werner von Blomberg
German general and minister of war
Gregor Strasser
Gregor Strasser
German political activist
Dönitz, Karl
Karl Dönitz
German naval commander
Walther Funk
Walther Funk
German economist
Frick, Wilhelm
Wilhelm Frick
German politician
Neurath, Konstantin, baron von
Konstantin, baron von Neurath
German official
Kurt von Schleicher
Kurt von Schleicher
German army officer
Daluege, Himmler, and Röhm
Ernst Röhm
German army officer

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