Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany is the common term used for the German state during the period between 1933 and 1945, when the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) - commonly known as the Nazi Party - controlled the country as a totalitarian state. In spite of the name, the Nazi Party was in fact a fascist and ultranationalist organization, and was virulently antisemitic, racist and anti-communist. It is also known as the "Third Reich" (lit. Third Realm), with the first two Reichs being the Holy Roman Empire and German Empire respectively. The leader of Nazi Germany was the Führer Adolf Hitler. The Nazi regime fell in 1945, following their defeat by Allied and Comintern forces in the Great Revolutionary War, marking the end of the war in Europe.