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The term great purge was popularized by the historian Robert Conquest in his 1968 book The Great Terror, whose title was an allusion to the French Revolution's Reign of Terror. [9] The purges were largely conducted by the NKVD (People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs), which functioned as the interior ministry and secret police of the USSR.
Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.
Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor in 1933 and then taking the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934.
Why was Adolf Hitler significant? How did Adolf Hitler rise to power? Why did Adolf Hitler start World War II? Who were Adolf Hitler’s most important officers? How did Adolf Hitler die?
Why was Adolf Hitler significant? How did Adolf Hitler rise to power? Why did Adolf Hitler start World War II? Who were Adolf Hitler’s most important officers? How did Adolf Hitler die?
France - Revolution, Terror, Guillotine: After their victory in expelling the Girondins, Parisian militants “regenerated” their own sectional assemblies by purging local moderates, while radicals such as Jacques-René Hébert and Pierre-Gaspard Chaumette tightened their grip on the Paris Commune.
A new documentary and book from Boston College faculty members John and Susan Michalczyk offer a scholarly investigation of Adolf Hitler’s 'Mein Kampf' as a prelude to genocide.
