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Decree by Reich Minister of War and Commander-in-Chief of the Wehrmacht Werner von Blomberg on Political Education and Instruction for the Wehrmacht (January 30, 1936)
During the Weimar Republic, the national-conservative leadership corps of the Reichswehr had successfully resisted every attempt to democratize the armed forces. Hitler initially enjoyed broad support....
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The Führer’s Decree on the Institution of a Chief of the German Police and the Appointment of Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler to the Post (June 17, 1936)
After Hitler’s takeover of power, Himmler became police president of Munich and acquired control over the political police in Bavaria soon thereafter. In 1934, Prussian Minister President Hermann....
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Hitler’s Confidential Memo on Autarky (August 1936)
Although the name of Hitler’s party suggests a socialist management of the economy, he did not advocate a specific economic doctrine in the traditional sense. Nonetheless, the fundamental goal of....
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Law on the Hitler Youth (December 1, 1936)
The education of youth was one of the leading priorities in the general mobilization of the population in the National Socialist spirit. The future of the German people was to rest on the shoulders....
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Extracts from the Manual of the Reich Chamber of Culture (1937)
The mightiest instrument of Nazi cultural policy was the Reich Chamber of Culture [Reichskulturkammer or RKK], which was founded by Goebbels....
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Guide to the "Degenerate Art" Exhibition (1937)
On July 19, 1937, the “Degenerate Art” exhibition opened in the Hofgarten arcades of Munich’s Residenz.....
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"With Deep Anxiety" ["Mit brennender Sorge"]: Papal Encyclical on the Situation of the Catholic Church in the German Reich (March 14, 1937)
For Hitler, the Reich Concordat was a short-term means to an end, an agreement that could....
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Excerpts from the Minutes of a Meeting between the Working Group of the Economic Team of the Iron-Making Industry and Hermann Göring on an Increase in Iron Production (March 17, 1937)
While the war preparations of the 1930s boosted most sectors of the German economy, heavy industry benefited from the armament....
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Josef Meisinger on "Combating Homosexuality as a Political Task" (April 5-6, 1937)
During the Weimar Republic, the criminal prosecution of homosexuals (which dated as far back as the Holy Roman Empire) had declined considerably. In fact, on October 16, 1929, a Reichstag committee....
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Hitler’s Speech at the Opening of the House of German Art in Munich (July 18, 1937)
On the day before the start of the “Degenerate Art” exhibition, Hitler opened the House....
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