National Socialist Germany

National Socialist Germany or the Third Reich was governed by the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP) during the 1933-45 period with National Socialism as state ideology.

Terminology

The official name of the state was the German Reich (German: Deutsches Reich) and from 1943 onwards, the Greater Germanic Reich of the German Nation (German: Großgermanisches Reich Deutscher Nation), often shortened to the Greater German Reich (German: Großdeutsches Reich) or informally to Greater Germany (German: Großdeutschland).

See the article on Germany on the origins and meanings of the terms "Reich" and "Third Reich".

Adolf Hitler was Chancellor of the Reich (German: Reichskanzler) from 1933 and from 1934 head of state with varying official and unofficial titles that included the word "Führer" (Leader).

See also

• National Socialist Germany revisionism
• German Empire
• German Reich

External link

See the article on National Socialism regarding external links specifically on this topic

• How Hitler Tackled Unemployment And Revived Germany’s Economy
• Hitler, the Unemployed and Autarky
• A Prominent German Historian Tackles Taboos of Third Reich History
• Worm in the Apple
• In Defence of Germany
• The Case for Germany. A Study of Modern Germany

Article archives

• Codoh: Third Reich Era

Gallery

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  Flag of National Socialist Germany. It included a swastika which is an ancient symbol meaning "well-being" and interpreted as a symbol for Aryan or Indo-European ethnic identity and heritage.