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Alfred Rosenberg

Baltic German architect, Nazi politician and ideologue (1893-1946)

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Jan 19, 2026
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What were the key Nazi policies targeting Christian churches?

The Nazi regime pursued a multifaceted campaign against Christian churches that combined legal agreements, political co‑optation, bureaucratic pressure and outright repression—aimed at subordinating, ...

Jan 17, 2026
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Which politicians have been most frequently associated with Nazi or Fascist ideologies?

Historians and reference sources most commonly associate Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini with Nazism and Italian Fascism respectively, while a close inner circle of Nazi politicians and ideologues—H...

Feb 4, 2026

How did Nazi propaganda use the ‘Judeo‑Bolshevism’ myth to justify policies before and during World War II?

The s weaponized the long‑standing myth of “Judeo‑Bolshevism” to fuse antisemitism with anti‑communism, presenting Jews as the hidden architects of Bolshevik revolution and a transnational threat that...

Jan 5, 2026

How did contemporary newspapers and leaders reference the six million before and during World War II?

Newspapers and political, religious, and Nazi leaders invoked "six million" in multiple, sometimes conflicting registers before and during World War II: as a rhetorical shorthand for mass suffering th...

Jan 3, 2026

What was the historical basis for the Aryan master race concept?

The "Aryan master race" concept rests not on ancient self-identification but on a 19th–20th century chain of linguistic misreadings, racialist theorizing, and ideological appropriation that fused comp...

Jan 2, 2026

How did the Nazi regime use Christian ideology to justify its policies?

The Nazi regime tactically co-opted Christian language and institutions to legitimize and socialize its policies while simultaneously pursuing long-term goals that were often anti-Christian; this prod...