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Parent topics
- Germany [r]: A country in north-western continental Europe that is a major political and economic world player. [e]
- Nazi Germany [r]: The German state under National Socialism, 1933-1945 [e]
- German National Socialist Workers' Party [r]: The specific German political and governing organization, also known as the NSDAP and (German) Nazi Party, led by Adolf Hitler, that was based on the ideology of National Socialism. There were other Nazi parties, and there were other political organizations that followed the tenets of National Socialism. [e]
- Heinrich Himmler [r]: German Nazi leader, head of the Schutzstaffel (SS) party elite; committed suicide after being captured at the end of World War II [e]
Subtopics
- Reichsicherheitshauptampt (RSHA) [r]: That part of the SS that contained both State and Party organizations considered part of Nazi Germany's security organization. For example, the Gestapo (RSHA Amt [office] IV) was a state organization with secret police responsibilities, while the Sicherheitsdienst (SD, RSHA Amt I) was a party organization with domestic and foreign intelligence duties. [e]
- Gestapo [r]: The secret political police force of Nazi Germany, a state rather than party organization, reporting both to the SS (Party) and Ministry of the Interior (State) [e]
- Sicherheitsdienst (SD) [r]: The intelligence service of the Nazi SS, originally separated into foreign and domestic offices, part of the RSHA [e]
- Wirtschafts-Verwaltungshauptamt (WVHA) [r]: The major department of the SS that had responsibilities for economic affairs, including concentration camps, which were considered slave labor resources as well as potential sources of confiscated goods. [e]
- Waffen-SS [r]: Conventional combat troops of the SS, usually considered fanatical fighters [e]
- Allegemeine-SS [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Abwehr [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Wehrmacht [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Adolf Hitler [r]: (1889–1945) Politician in Germany; became 1921 Nazi Party leader, 1933 Reichskanzler (Chancellor), then 1934 as der Führer dictator before and during World War II. [e]
- Hermann Goering [r]: prominent Nazi politician, effectively #2 in status for most of the war and Commander-in-Chief of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) during WW II. Sentenced to death by the International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg) but committed suicide shortly before execution [e]