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Night and Fog Decree 1941

A decree issued under Hitler's authority that sought to make resistants disappear into German custody.

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What is the ‘Hostage Edict’ and which primary documents record Keitel’s orders on reprisals in occupied Europe?

The “Hostage Edict” refers broadly to the system of orders and regulations issued by Nazi military leadership in 1941–42 that institutionalized the taking and summary execution of civilian hostages an...

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How did the Enabling Act passage procedurally occur in the Reichstag on March 23, 1933 and who voted for it?

The passed the on 23 March 1933 in a tightly staged session at the that combined legal procedure with concerted political intimidation and the exclusion of deputies, producing a supermajority that tra...