Third Reich | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-23

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany


00:06:51 1 Name
00:07:45 2 Background
00:11:39 3 History
00:11:48 3.1 Nazi seizure of power
00:15:33 3.2 Nazification of Germany
00:19:00 3.3 Consolidation of power
00:22:43 3.4 Military build-up
00:26:46 3.4.1 Austria and Czechoslovakia
00:30:20 3.4.2 Poland
00:32:01 3.5 World War II
00:32:11 3.5.1 Foreign policy
00:33:46 3.5.2 Outbreak of war
00:36:05 3.5.3 Conquest of Europe
00:39:12 3.5.4 Invasion of the Soviet Union
00:42:38 3.5.5 Turning point and collapse
00:48:18 3.5.6 German casualties
00:50:33 4 Geography
00:50:43 4.1 Territorial changes
00:52:25 4.2 Occupied territories
00:54:20 4.3 Post-war changes
00:56:06 5 Politics
00:56:16 5.1 Ideology
00:58:49 5.2 Government
01:01:58 5.3 Law
01:05:36 6 Military and paramilitary
01:05:47 6.1 Wehrmacht
01:08:53 6.2 The SA and SS
01:13:13 7 Economy
01:13:23 7.1 Reich economics
01:20:37 7.2 Wartime economy and forced labour
01:24:29 7.3 Financial exploitation of conquered territories
01:29:33 8 Racial policy and eugenics
01:29:45 8.1 Racism and antisemitism
01:30:32 8.2 Persecution of Jews
01:34:04 8.3 Persecution of Roma
01:36:28 8.4 Other persecuted groups
01:38:02 8.5 Generalplan Ost
01:41:28 8.6 The Holocaust and Final Solution
01:43:30 8.7 Oppression of ethnic Poles
01:44:49 8.8 Mistreatment of Soviet POWs
01:45:57 9 Society
01:46:07 9.1 Education
01:50:23 9.2 Role of women and family
01:57:23 9.3 Health
01:59:29 9.4 Environmentalism
02:01:02 9.5 Oppression of churches
02:08:00 9.6 Resistance to the regime
02:12:13 10 Culture
02:14:35 10.1 Censorship
02:17:25 10.2 Architecture and art
02:19:56 10.3 Film
02:21:53 11 Legacy



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Nazi Germany is the common English name for Germany between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party (NSDAP) controlled the country through a dictatorship. Under Hitler's rule, Germany was transformed into a totalitarian state where nearly all aspects of life were controlled by the government. The official name of the state was Deutsches Reich (German Reich) until 1943 and Großdeutsches Reich (Greater German Reich) from 1943 to 1945. Nazi Germany is also known as the Third Reich (Drittes Reich), meaning "Third Realm" or "Third Empire", the first two being the Holy Roman Empire (800–1806) and the German Empire (1871–1918). The Nazi regime ended after the Allies defeated Germany in May 1945, ending World War II in Europe.
Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany by the President of the Weimar Republic, Paul von Hindenburg, on 30 January 1933. The NSDAP then began to eliminate all political opposition and consolidate its power. Hindenburg died on 2 August 1934 and Hitler became dictator of Germany by merging the offices and powers of the Chancellery and Presidency. A national referendum held 19 August 1934 confirmed Hitler as sole Führer (leader) of Germany. All power was centralised in Hitler's person and his word became the highest law. The government was not a coordinated, co-operating body, but a collection of factions struggling for power and Hitler's favour. In the midst of the Great Depression, the Nazis restored economic stability and ended mass unemployment using heavy military spending and a mixed economy. Using deficit spending, the regime undertook extensive public works, including the construction of Autobahnen (motorways). The return to economic stability boosted the regime's popularity.
Racism, especially antisemitism, was a central ideological feature of the regime. The Germanic peoples were considered by the Nazis to be the master race, the purest branch of the Aryan race. Discrimination and persecution against Jews and Romani people began in earnest after the seizure of power. The first concentration camps were established in March 1933. Jews and others deemed undesirable  ...