Officially, the state was called the German Reich (Deutsches Reich), and from 1938

(after the Anschluss of Austria), the name Greater Germany Reich (Großdeutsches
Reich) was also used. In the Third Reich, the Nazi party exercised totalitarian control
over almost all aspects of citizens' lives. The Nazi regime ended after the victory of the
Allied troops over the Third Reich in May 1945, which ended World War II in Europe.

Table of Contents
1 History
2 Name
3 Ideology
4 State structure of the Third Reich
4.1 The Reich Chancellery
4.2 Government of the Third Reich
4.3 Parliament
4.4 Political organizations
5 Military
5.1 Types of armies
5.2 Paramilitary organizations
6 Police and security apparatus
7 Social organizations
7.1 Trade corporations
7.2 Academic Organizations
7.3 Auxiliary Organizations
7.4 Religious Organizations
8 Internal and social policy
8.1 Social Affairs
8.2 Health Policy
8.3 Gleichschaltung
8.4 Propaganda
8.5 Racism and eugenics
8.6 Persecution of Jews
9 Foreign policy
9.1 Lebensraum
9.2 Incorporation of the Saarland
9.3 Anschluss of Austria
9.4 Subjugation of Czechoslovakia
9.5 Support for the anti-republican coup in Spain
9.6 Annexation of Klaipeda
9.7 International Pacts
9.8 Alliance with the USSR
9.9 World War II
10 Economy
10.1 The situation before coming to power
10.2 Armaments from 1933
10.3 The Four Year Plan
10.4 Finance
10.5 Privatization
10.6 Gold of the Third Reich
11 Culture and art
12 Anti-Hitler opposition in the Third Reich
13 Neighboring Countries
14 Effects and Processes
15 Footnotes
16 External links
History
In 1932, the NSDAP was successful in parliamentary elections and became the largest
party in the Reichstag [1]. In the same year, Hitler lost the presidential election to Paul
von Hindenburg in the second round, but soon, on January 30, 1933, he was appointed
chancellor of Germany [2]. After Hindenburg's death on August 2, 1934, Hitler,
intimidating political opponents and the opposition, led the Reichstag to pass a law
which gave him full power. As a result of a nationwide referendum on August 19, 1934,
Hitler was called the Führer (leader) of Germany. All power was centralized in the
person of Hitler, and his words were superior to all law. The government was not a
coordinated, cooperative body of power, but a collection of various factions fighting for
Hitler's power and recognition. During the Great Depression, the Nazis managed to
restore economic stability and put an end to mass unemployment through heavy
military spending and a mixed economy. Public works were carried out on a large scale,
including construction of the Reichsautobahnen (motorways). The economic
stabilization of the state increased the popularity of the regime.

Racism, especially anti-Semitism, was a central feature of the German regime. The
Germanic people (race now in Paris and Angers (on an extraterritorial basis until June
1940), and then in London, where they moved their seat after the defeat and surrender
of France before the Third Reich [11].