Nazi Germany (TNO:ANM)
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German Reich (1933–1943) Deutsches Reich Greater German Reich (1943–1945) Großdeutsches Reich Greater Germanic Reich of the German Nation (1945-1977) Großgermanisches Reich deutscher Nation | |||||||||||||
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1933–1977 | |||||||||||||
Anthem: Deutschlandlied ("The Song of the Germans") Horst-Wessel Lied ("The Horst Wessel Song") | |||||||||||||
Capital | Germania (Berlin) | ||||||||||||
Common languages | German | ||||||||||||
Religion | 50% Protestant 37% Catholic 6% Irreligious 5% Gottgläubig 2% other | ||||||||||||
Demonym(s) | German, Germanic | ||||||||||||
Government | Federal authoritarian presidential republic under a parliamentary system (1933) Unitary one-party fascist state under a Nazi totalitarian dictatorship (1933-1963) Unitary provisional government under a military junta (1963-1964) Unitary one-party fascist state under a Nazi authoritarian dictatorship (1962-1977) Unitary provisional government (1977) | ||||||||||||
Head of state | |||||||||||||
• 1933-1934 | Paul von Hindenburg[a] | ||||||||||||
• 1934-1963 | Adolf Hitler[b] | ||||||||||||
• 1963-1977 | Albert Speer[c] | ||||||||||||
Chancellor | |||||||||||||
• 1933-1963 | Adolf Hitler | ||||||||||||
• 1963-1977 | Albert Speer | ||||||||||||
Historical era | Interwar • World War II • Cold War | ||||||||||||
30 January 1933 | |||||||||||||
23 March 1933 | |||||||||||||
12 March 1938 | |||||||||||||
1 September 1939 - 1945 | |||||||||||||
22 June 1941 - 1945 | |||||||||||||
27 October 1963 - 23 March 1964 | |||||||||||||
• Democratization | 1977 | ||||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||||
1976 | 815,161 km2 (314,735 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||||
• 1976 | 120.19 million | ||||||||||||
Currency | Reichsmark (ℛℳ) | ||||||||||||
ISO 3166 code | DE | ||||||||||||
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Nazi Germany, officially the German Reich[d] from 1933-1943, the Greater German Reich [e] from 1943-1945 and as the Greater Germanic Reich (of the German Nation)[f] afterwards, was the period in German history when Germany was ruled by the Nazi Party.