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9 Cards in this Set
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Joseph Goebbels
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Leading Nazi and Reich Minister Public Enlightenment and Propaganda, extremely anti-Semitic. Had clubfoot as a result of Polio at a young age.
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Hermann Goering
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High ranking Nazi official, given command of SA. Appointed chief of Luftwaffe. Founded the Gestapo in 1933.
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Heinrich Himmler
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High ranking Nazi, created the SS. Keen on Nazi ideals, head of Gestapo. Oversaw the night of the long knives. Head of the concentration camps.
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Ernst Rohm
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Leading figure of Nazi party, commander of Sturmabteilung (SA). SA had 3 million. Other Nazis convinced Hitler Rohm wanted a coup d'etat, and used his homosexuality against him. Captured and killed.
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Reinhard Heydrich aka Blonde Beast
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Leading Nazi, member of the SS. Taste for gossip and insatiable greed for power. Oversaw Dachau concentration camp. Reich Commander of Bohemia and Moravia (former Czechoslovakia).
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Rudolf Hess
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Leading Nazi, Involved at Hitler’s side during the Beer Hall Putsch 8 Nov 1923.
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Martin Bormann
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Leading Nazi, usurped Hess's power towards the end. One of the few Hitler saw daily. Hitler's right hand man. Escaped after the war, his children also survived.
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Albert Speer
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Leading Nazi, designed wartime weapons, factories and concentration camps. Hitler's personal architect.
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Hjalmar Schacht (not a Nazi)
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Co-founder of German democratic party, Currency Commissioner and President of the Reichsbank. Raised funds for Nazis.
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