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The March marked the beginning of fascist rule and meant the doom of the preceding parliamentary regimes of socialists and liberals. -
Mein Kampf is a 1925 autobiographical manifesto by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler. The book outlines many of Hitler's political beliefs, his political ideology and future plans for Germany and the world. -
driven by a desire for natural resources and "living space" to support its rapidly growing population and expanding industries -
The Holodomor, also known as the Ukrainian Famine or the Terror-Famine, was a man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine from 1932 to 1933 that resulted in the deaths of millions of Ukrainians -
Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg on January 30, 1933. This event marked a turning point in German history, as the Nazi Party, led by Hitler, was granted legal access to power. This appointment paved the way for the establishment of a dictatorship and the subsequent atrocities of the Holocaust. -
The Nuremberg Laws were a set of antisemitic and racist laws enacted in Nazi Germany in 1935. -
The purpose was to consolidate Hitler's power, quell concerns within the military about the SA's role, and eliminate potential threats to his leadership. -
The Great Purge, or the Great Terror, also known as the Year of '37 and the Yezhovshchina, was a political purge in the Soviet Union that took place from 1936 to 1938 -
The Nanjing Massacre or the Rape of Nanjing was the mass murder of Chinese civilians, noncombatants, and surrendered prisoners of war by the Imperial Japanese Army in Nanjing -
Kristallnacht, also known as the "Night of Broken Glass," was a series of coordinated attacks against Jews throughout Nazi Germany and parts of Austria on November 9–10, 1938.