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This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany 00:06:51 1 Name 00:07:45 2 Background 00:11:39 3 History 00:11:48 3.1 Nazi seizure of power 00:15:33 3.2 Nazification of Germany 00:19:00 3.3 Consolidation of power 00:22:43 3.4 Military build-up 00:26:46 3.4.1 Austria and Czechoslovakia 00:30:20 3.4.2 Poland 00:32:01 3.5 World War II 00:32:11 3.5.1 Foreign policy 00:33:46 3.5.2 Outbreak of war 00:36:05 3.5.3 Conquest of Europe 00:39:12 3.5.4 Invasion of the Soviet Union 00:42:38 3.5.5 Turning point and collapse 00:48:18 3.5.6 German casualties 00:50:33 4 Geography 00:50:43 4.1 Territorial changes 00:52:25 4.2 Occupied territories 00:54:20 4.3 Post-war changes 00:56:06 5 Politics 00:56:16 5.1 Ideology 00:58:49 5.2 Government 01:01:58 5.3 Law 01:05:36 6 Military and paramilitary 01:05:47 6.1 Wehrmacht 01:08:53 6.2 The SA and SS 01:13:13 7 Economy 01:13:23 7.1 Reich economics 01:20:37 7.2 Wartime economy and forced labour 01:24:29 7.3 Financial exploitation of conquered territories 01:29:33 8 Racial policy and eugenics 01:29:45 8.1 Racism and antisemitism 01:30:32 8.2 Persecution of Jews 01:34:04 8.3 Persecution of Roma 01:36:28 8.4 Other persecuted groups 01:38:02 8.5 Generalplan Ost 01:41:28 8.6 The Holocaust and Final Solution 01:43:30 8.7 Oppression of ethnic Poles 01:44:49 8.8 Mistreatment of Soviet POWs 01:45:57 9 Society 01:46:07 9.1 Education 01:50:23 9.2 Role of women and family 01:57:23 9.3 Health 01:59:29 9.4 Environmentalism 02:01:02 9.5 Oppression of churches 02:08:00 9.6 Resistance to the regime 02:12:13 10 Culture 02:14:35 10.1 Censorship 02:17:25 10.2 Architecture and art 02:19:56 10.3 Film 02:21:53 11 Legacy Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago. Learning by listening is a great way to: - increases imagination and understanding - improves your listening skills - improves your own spoken accent - learn while on the move - reduce eye strain Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone. Listen on Google Assistant through Extra Audio: https://assistant.google.com/services/invoke/uid/0000001a130b3f91 Other Wikipedia audio articles at: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wikipedia+tts Upload your own Wikipedia articles through: https://github.com/nodef/wikipedia-tts Speaking Rate: 0.7233340502751859 Voice name: en-GB-Wavenet-A "I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think." - Socrates SUMMARY ======= Nazi Germany is the common English name for Germany between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party (NSDAP) controlled the country through a dictatorship. Under Hitler's rule, Germany was transformed into a totalitarian state where nearly all aspects of life were controlled by the government. The official name of the state was Deutsches Reich (German Reich) until 1943 and Großdeutsches Reich (Greater German Reich) from 1943 to 1945. Nazi Germany is also known as the Third Reich (Drittes Reich), meaning "Third Realm" or "Third Empire", the first two being the Holy Roman Empire (800–1806) and the German Empire (1871–1918). The Nazi regime ended after the Allies defeated Germany in May 1945, ending World War II in Europe. Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany by the President of the Weimar Republic, Paul von Hindenburg, on 30 January 1933. The NSDAP then began to eliminate all political opposition and consolidate its power. Hindenburg died on 2 August 1934 and Hitler became dictator of Germany by merging the offices and powers of the Chancellery and Presidency. A national referendum held 19 August 1934 confirmed Hitler as sole Führer (leader) of Germany. All power was centralised in Hitler's person and his word became the highest law. The government was not a coordinated, co-operating body, but a collection of factions struggling for power and Hitler's favour. In the midst of the Great Depression, the Nazis restored economic stability and ended mass unemployment using heavy military spending and a mixed economy. Using deficit spending, the regime undertook extensive public works, including the construction of Autobahnen (motorways). The return to economic stability boosted the regime's popularity. Racism, especially antisemitism, was a central ideological feature of the regime. The Germanic peoples were considered by the Nazis to be the master race, the purest branch of the Aryan race. Discrimination and persecution against Jews and Romani people began in earnest after the seizure of power. The first concentration camps were established in March 1933. Jews and others deemed undesirable ...
