Nazi Germany

The Nazi Ahnenerbe Forschungs und Lehrgemeinschaft organization was founded by Heinrich Himmler, Hermann Wirth, and Walter Darré on July 1st 1935 as a research foundation. It was incorporated into the larger SS in January 1939. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ahnenerbe"

Albert Göring ( 1900 - 1966) was a German businessman, notable for helping Jews and dissidents survive in Germany during World War II. His older brother Hermann Göring was a high ranking Nazi war criminal. ...more on Wikipedia about "Albert Göring"

Albrecht Becker ( 14 November 1906- 22 April 2002) was a production designer, photographer, and actor, who was imprisoned by the Nazi regime for the charge of homosexuality. ...more on Wikipedia about "Albrecht Becker"

Alfred Hugenberg ( June 19, 1865 - March 12, 1951) was an influential German businessman and politician. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alfred Hugenberg"

Dr. Alfred Meyer ( October 5, 1891 - April 11, 1945) was a Nazi official, achieving the rank of Staatssekretär and Deputy Reichsminister in the Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories (Reichministerium für die Besetzten Ostgebiete or Ostministerium). ...more on Wikipedia about "Alfred Meyer"

Mohammad Amin al-Husayni (ca. 1895 - July 4, 1974, أمين الحسيني, alternatively known as al-Husseini, el-Husseini, Al-Hajj Amin or Haj Amin), was a Palestinian Arab nationalist and Muslim religious leader. A member of Jerusalem's most prominent family, his most important positions were as Mufti of Jerusalem and President of the Supreme Muslim Council. ...more on Wikipedia about "Amin al-Husayni"

General Andrey Andreyevich Vlasov ( Russian: Андрей Андреевич Власов; alternative transliterations of his names appear as Andrei Andreievich and as Vlassov or (in German) Wlassow) ( September 14 ( September 1 O.S.), 1900, Lomakino, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast - August 2, 1946, Moscow) was a Soviet Army General who later worked for the Germans during World War II. ...more on Wikipedia about "Andrey Vlasov"

The Anschluss ( German: connection, or political union), also known as the Anschluss Österreichs, was the 1938 inclusion of Austria into " Greater Germany" by the Nazi regime. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anschluss"

Anwärter is a German title which translates as “Candidate”. In modern day Germany, the title of Anwärter is typically used by those applying for employment and also as a designation for members of the Bundeswehr who are under consideration for a leadership assignment. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anwärter"

"Arbeit macht frei" is a German phrase meaning "work liberates" or "work shall make you free". It is probably derived from John 8:32 in The Bible, "the truth shall make you free" and from there, via the Protestant work ethic, developed into a German and Swiss-German peasant saying. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arbeit macht frei"

Army Group D (Heeresgruppe D) was a German Army Group which saw action during World War II ...more on Wikipedia about "Army Group D"

Arthur Liebehenschel ( 1901 - 1948) was the commandant of Auschwitz and Majdanek death camps during World War II. Liebehenschel was born in Posen (now Poznań) and studied economics and public administration. He became a sergeant major after the World War I. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arthur Liebehenschel"

Article 48 was a measure in the constitution of the Weimar Republic of Germany ( 1919– 1933) that allowed the President to rule by decree without the consent of the Reichstag (parliament). Legislation passed under this article of the constitution was referred to as Notverordnung (emergency decree). Article 48 was used by Adolf Hitler in 1933 to establish a dictatorship, ending the Weimar Republic and ushering in the Third Reich. ...more on Wikipedia about "Article 48"

Aryanization ( German Arisierung) in Nazism is a term used for the expropriation of Jews in Nazi Germany, Austria and the territories it controlled. It was based on the ideology of an Aryan master race and generally was to the benefit of Nazi supporters and party members. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aryanization"

An Aufklärungsabteilung (lit. reconnaissance detachment) was an Abteilung sized reconnaissance unit attached to a German division during the Second World War. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aufklärungsabteilung"

Awards and Decorations of Nazi Germany were military, political, and civilian decorations which were bestowed between 1923 and 1945 by the Nazi Party and later the state of Nazi Germany. ...more on Wikipedia about "Awards and decorations of Nazi Germany"

Babi Yar, Russian:Бабий яр, ( Ukrainian:Бабин яр, Babyn Yar) is the name of a ravine situated outside the Ukrainian city of Kiev. It was the site of a massacre of Jews and other civilians by the Nazis, with assistance from Ukrainian collaborators, during World War II. It was conducted by Franz Jaeckeln. ...more on Wikipedia about "Babi Yar"

The Beer Hall Putsch was a failed coup d'état which occurred in the evening of Thursday, November 8 to the early afternoon of Friday, November 9 1923, when the nascent Nazi party's Führer Adolf Hitler, the popular World War I General Erich Ludendorff, and other leaders of the Kampfbund, unsuccessfully tried to gain power in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. (A putsch is the German equivalent of a coup d'état, or the revolt of a small number of people, e.g. a military coup.) ...more on Wikipedia about "Beer Hall Putsch"

The Belarusian Central Rada ( Belarusian: Biełaruskaja Centralnaja Rada (The Belarusian central Council), German Weißrutenische Zentralrat) is a collaborationist government of Belarus from 1943- 1944. The state poses similarity in political conformation to Lokot Republic, another political Wehrmacht temporary creation in period until 1944. ...more on Wikipedia about "Belarusian Central Rada"

Bent is a 1979 play (which starred Richard Gere in its original production) by Martin Sherman that was adapted into a 1997 movie by director Sean Mathias. It revolves around the persecution of gay people in Third Reich Germany after the murder of Sturmabteilung leader Ernst Röhm. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bent (play)"

The Berghof was Adolf Hitler's home in the Obersalzberg of the Bavarian Alps near Berchtesgaden, Germany. ...more on Wikipedia about "Berghof (Hitler)" Whatever You're Into, Get Into shortopedia.

Berlin Diary (1934-1941) is a first-hand account of the rise of the Third Reich and its road to war, as witnessed by the American journalist William L. Shirer. Shirer, a radio reporter for CBS, covered Germany until the Nazi press censors made it impossible for him to report objectively to his listeners in the United States. Many of Shirer's German sources are disguised to protect them from retaliation by the Gestapo when the book was published. The contents of this book provided much of the material for his next book The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich—a definitive guide to Nazi Germany. ...more on Wikipedia about "Berlin Diary"

Blitzkrieg ( German, literally lightning war) is a popular name for an operational-level military doctrine which employed mobile forces attacking with speed and surprise to prevent an enemy from implementing a coherent defense. The doctrines resulting in the blitzkrieg effect were developed in the years after World War I as a method to help prevent trench warfare and linear warfare. ...more on Wikipedia about "Blitzkrieg"

The Blomberg-Fritsch Affair (also known as Blomberg-Fritsch-Krise or Blomberg-Fritsch crisis) was two scandals that resulted in the subjugation of the German Wehrmacht to Adolf Hitler. The revelation that War Minister Werner von Blomberg's new bride was a former prostitute was initially a shock even to Hitler himself, who was a witness at the wedding. This disgrace in an army concerned with tradition and honor lead to von Blomberg's resignation. At around the same time, Commander-in-Chief Werner von Fritsch was accused of being a homosexual by Reinhardt Heydrich and the SS, who had bribed a Munich streetwalker to buttress the accusation. Although the evidence was later dismissed and von Fritsch was acquitted, he was never reinstated as the Commander-in-Chief. ...more on Wikipedia about "Blomberg-Fritsch Affair"

The Bürgerbräukeller was an inn cellar in Munich, by 1923 one of the preferred gathering saloons of the NSDAP. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bürgerbräukeller"

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