German Reich Deutsches Reich (1933–43) Großdeutsches Reich (1943–45)
1933–1945
Flag Emblem
Anthem:  Das Lied der Deutschen Song of the Germans Horst-Wessel-Lied Horst Wessel Song
Germany at the height of World War II success (1942)   Germany [a]    Civilian-administered occupied territories    Military-administered occupied territories
Administrative divisions of Germany, May 1944
Capital and largest city	Berlin
Common languages	German
Government	Nazi single-party state totalitarian dictatorship
President / Führer
• 1933–1934	Paul von Hindenburg
• 1934–1945	Adolf Hitler [b]
• 1945	Karl Dönitz
Chancellor
• 1933–1945	Adolf Hitler
• 1945	Joseph Goebbels
• 1945 (as leading minister)	Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk
Legislature	Reichstag
• State council	Reichsrat
Historical era	Interwar period/ World War II
•  Machtergreifung	30 January 1933
•  Gleichschaltung	27 February 1933
•  Anschluss	12 March 1938
•  World War II	1 September 1939
•  Death of Adolf Hitler	30 April 1945
•  Surrender of Germany	8 May 1945
Area
1939 [c]	633,786 km2 (244,706 sq mi)
Population
• 1939 [1]	69,314,000
Currency	Reichsmark (ℛℳ)
ISO 3166 code	DE
Preceded by Succeeded by Weimar Republic Occupied Germany Occupied Austria Poland Czechoslovakia Soviet Union
Today part of	12 countries   Germany   Austria   Czech Republic   Poland   Russia (Kaliningrad)   Lithuania (Klaipėda)   Slovenia   France (Alsace-Lorraine)   Luxemburg   Belgium (Eupen-Malmédy)   Netherlands (Duivelsberg)   Slovakia (Petržalka, Devín)

•   Slovenia
•   Germany

• See also: History of Germany
• See also: Remilitarization of the Rhineland and German involvement in the Spanish Civil War

• •   Germany ^[a]
  •    Civilian-administered occupied territories
  •    Military-administered occupied territories

• Further information: Adolf Hitler's rise to power
• Further information: Forced labour under German rule during World War II
• Further information: Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
• Further information: Nazism

• Main article: Economy of Nazi Germany
• Main articles: Anschluss and German occupation of Czechoslovakia

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