Greater German Reich
Großdeutsches Reich |
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Motto
Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer
"One People, one Reich, one Führer" |
Anthem
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| Europe at the height of Nazi German expansion, 1941–1942 |
| Capital | Berlin |
| Language(s) | German |
| Government | Fascist Single-party state |
| President |
| - 1933–1934 | Paul von Hindenburg |
| - 1934–1945 | Adolf Hitler[b] |
| - 1945 | Karl Dönitz |
| Chancellor |
| - 1933–1945 | Adolf Hitler |
| - 1945 | Joseph Goebbels |
| - 1945 | Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk[c] |
| Legislature | Reichstag[d] |
| - State council | Reichsrat[d] |
| Historical era | Interwar period/WWII |
| - Machtergreifung | 30 January 1933 |
| - Gleichschaltung | 27 February 1933 |
| - Anschluss | 12 March 1938 |
| - World War II | 1 September 1939 |
| - Death of Adolf Hitler | 30 April 1945 |
| - German Instrument of Surrender | 7/8 May 1945 |
| Area |
| - 1941 (Großdeutschland) [1] | 696,265 km2 (268,829 sq mi) |
| Population |
| - 1941 (Großdeutschland) est. | 90,030,775 |
| Density | 129.3 /km2 (334.9 /sq mi) |
| Currency | Reichsmark (ℛℳ) |
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a. ^ Including de facto annexed/incorporated territories. b. ^ Office formally vacant. Adolf Hitler styled himself Führer und Reichskanzler from August 1934.[2]
c. ^ Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk used the title of Leading Minister.
d. ^ Through the Enabling Act of 1933, the German government was vested with legislative powers, although the Reichstag formally continued to exist as a law-making body.
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