Lebensraum

ority coalition in support of a candidate for chancellor.
Former chancellor Franz von Papen and

other conservative leaders convinced President Paul von Hindenburg to appoint Hitler as
chancellor on 30 January 1933. Shortly thereafter, the Reichstag passed the Enabling Act of
1933 which began the process of transforming the Weimar Republic into Nazi Germany, a one-
party dictatorship based on the totalitarian and autocratic ideology of Nazism. Upon Hindenburg's
death on 2 August 1934, Hitler succeeded him, becoming simultaneously the head of state and
government with absolute power. Hitler sought to eliminate Jews from Germany and establish
a ority coalition in support of a candidate for chancellor. Former chancellor Franz von Papen and
a New Order to counter what he saw as the injustice of the post-World War I international order
dominated by France and the British Empire. His first six years in power resulted in rapid
economic recovery from the Great Depression, the abrogation of restrictions imposed on
Germany after World War I, and the annexation of territories inhabited by millions of ethnic
Germans, which initially gave him significant popular support.
One of Hitler's key goals was Lebensraum (lit. 'living space') for the German people in Eastern
Europe, and his aggressive foreign policy is considered the primary cause of World War II in
Europe. He directed large-scale rearmament and, on 1 September 1939, invaded Poland,
resulting in Britain and France declaring war on Germany. In June 1941, Hitler ordered
an invasion of the Soviet Union. In December 1941, he declared war on the United States. By the
end of 1941, German forces and the European Axis powers occupied most of Europe and North
Africa. These gains were gradually reversed after 1941, and in 1945 the Allied armies defeated
the German army. On 29 April 1945, he married his long-term partner, Eva Braun, in
the Führerbunker in Berlin. On the following day, the couple committed suicide to avoid capture
by the Soviet Red Army. In accordance with Hitler's wishes, their corpses were burned.
The historian and biographer Ian Kershaw describes Hitler as "the embodiment of modern
political evil".[3] Under Hitler's leadership and racist ideology, the Nazi regime was responsible for
the genocide of about six million Jews and millions of other victims, whom he and his followers
deemed Untermenschen (subhumans) or socially undesirable. Hitler and the Nazi regime were
also responsible for the deliberate killing of an estimated 19.3 million civilians and prisoners of
war. In
ority coalition in support of a candidate for chancellor. Former chancellor Franz von Papen and
a New Order to counter what he saw as the injustice of the post-World War I international order
dominated by France and the British Empire. His first six years in power resulted in rapid
economic recovery from the Great Depression, the abrogation of restrictions imposed on
Germany after World War I, and the annexation of territories inhabited by millions of ethnic
Germans, which initially gave him significant popular support.
One of Hitler's key goals was Lebensraum (lit. 'living space') for the German people in Eastern
Europe, and his aggressive foreign policy is considered the primary cause of World War II in
Europe. He directed large-scale rearmament and, on 1 September 1939, invaded Poland,
resulting in Britain and France declaring war on Germany. In June 1941, Hitler ordered
an invasion of the Soviet Union. In December 1941, he declared war on the United States. By the
end of 1941, German forces and the European Axis powers occupied most of Europe and North
Africa. These gains were gradually reversed after 1941, and in 1945 the Allied armies defeated
the German army. On 29 April 1945, he married his long-term partner, Eva Braun, in
the Führerbunker in Berlin. On the following day, the couple committed suicide to avoid capture
by the Soviet Red Army. In accordance with Hitler's wishes, their corpses were burned.
war. In
il 1945, he married his long-term partner, Eva Braun, in the Führerbunker in Berlin. On the
following day, the couple committed suicide to avoid capture by the Soviet Red Army. In
accordance with Hitler's wishes, their corpses were burned.
war. In

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