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# Weimar Republic
Featured · Long Read
Historical Figures with Unforeseen Downfall and Misfortune
Nobody is perfect, and we have all been wrong a time or twenty. However, no matter how wrong we have been, it is highly unlikely that we have ever been as catastrophically…
Politics
Today In History: The Enabling Act Gives Adolf Hitler Absolute Power (1933)
On this day in 1933, The Enabling Act was passed, giving Adolf Hitler unquestioned power over Germany. The Enabling Act…
Politics
Today In History: The Reichstag Fire Decree Is Enabled, Ending Civil Rights In Germany (1933)
Today In HIstory: following the Reichstag fire, Adolf Hitler urged the German President Paul von Hindenburg to enable the Reichstag…
Warfare History
This Day In History: Water Rathenau Was Put In Charge of Raw Materials for Germany’s War Effort (1914)
On this day in history in 1914, barely a week after the start of WW I. German Minister of War…
Featured
This Day In History: Hitler Becomes the Fuhrer (1934)
On this Day in History in 1934, Hitler made himself the Fuhrer or the leader of all Germany. In effect,…