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Adolf Hitler's historical record

The historical record of Adolf Hitler's leadership and its consequences, including the Holocaust and World War II.

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Jan 13, 2026
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What primary sources document Nazi reprisal orders after the 1942 Heydrich assassination?

The immediate Nazi reprisals after the May–June 1942 assassination of Reinhard Heydrich are widely reported as having been ordered at the highest levels of the Nazi regime—most sources say Adolf Hitle...

Jan 11, 2026
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How did early Nazi propaganda translate the Führerprinzip into popular cults of personality?

Early Nazi propaganda translated the Führerprinzip—the doctrine that authority flows from a single, unquestionable leader—into a mass cult of personality by combining modern media, staged public spect...

Jan 13, 2026

What primary sources document Nazi orders for collective reprisals after the Heydrich assassination?

Contemporary archival orders that precipitated mass reprisals after Reinhard Heydrich’s assassination are referenced in leading institutions’ accounts: Hitler’s directive on 9 June 1942 to carry out r...

Jan 13, 2026

What primary Nazi documents most directly demonstrate intent to exterminate European Jews?

A cluster of Nazi-era primary documents — most notably the Wannsee Conference minutes and related RSHA/SS directives, internal speeches by Heinrich Himmler and other senior officials, administrative t...

Jan 7, 2026

How did the Twenty‑Five Point Program of 1920 compare with Hitler’s account of National Socialism in Mein Kampf?

The Twenty‑Five Point Program of 1920 was a short, public party manifesto launched at a Munich mass meeting to give the nascent movement a simple, action‑oriented platform, while Mein Kampf — written ...