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Reich means 'Empire' in German. The first Reich refers to the period of 962 to 1806. The Second Reich from 1871 to 1918. Hitler wanted to created another great period for Germany which would last for a thousand years. He called it the Third Reich. Strictly speaking it did not start until President Hindenberg's death in August 1934, when Hitler took full leadership of Nazi Germany, but in practice, the Nazis had already established themselves in power during their first year.

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Pacifism
Palestine
Pappen, Franz von
Partisans
Plebiscite
Pogrom
Propaganda
Proportional
representation
Putsch

R

Race
Racial Hygiene
Racism
Rathenau, Walter
Referendum
Refugee
Reich
Reichsführer SS

Reichstag
Reparations
Resistance
Rhineland
Rohm, Ernst
Rome-Berlin Axis
Roosevelt, President

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SA
Saar
Sachsenhausen
SD
Segregation
Selection
Schirach, Baldur von Schushnigg, Kurt von Shoah
SIPO
Sobibor
Social Darwinism
Socialism

Sonderbehandlung Sonderkommando
SPD
SS
Sterilisation Stereotype
Swastika
Synagogue

T

Third Reich Totalitarian
Transit camp