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A German youth defaces a Berlin synagogue. The grafitti reads: "Vengeance is nearing." [LCID: 73941]
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Germany is a country in central Europe. Germany was a central aggressor during both the First and Second World Wars. The Holocaust (1939–1945) was the systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million European Jews by the Nazi German regime and its allies and collaborators. Explore more content related to Germany during World War I, the Nazi rise to power, World War II and the Holocaust, and the postwar period. 

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A silver torch holder. The top plate is wider than the bottom, with engraving on the center handle.
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1936 Olympics: Torch Relay
A dark blue poster with light text at the top and bottom. Behind the text, a massive crowd of people swarm around a towering radio. The crowd extends beyond sight.
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1936 poster: "All of Germany Listens to the Führer with the People's Radio"
A group of men stand together. Most are wearing hats and outerwear. Uniformed guards stand around the perimeter of the group.
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A group of leading Socialists arrives at the Kislau camp
Hitler stands with his back towards the camera. In front of him is a large rally of soldiers in formation.
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Adolf Hitler addresses an SA rally
Adolf Hitler moves through a large crowd while wearing a light colored jacket. All around him are people cheering and raising their hands in a Nazi salute. A few uniformed policemen appear at the edges of the photograph attempting to control the crowd.
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Adolf Hitler after being sworn in as chancellor
Adolf Hitler (center) with (from left to right): Heinz Riefenstahl, Frau Dr. [LCID: 78378]
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Adolf Hitler (center) with Leni Riefenstahl (third from left)
A group of 18 men pose for a photograph with Hitler in the middle left wearing a dark suit.
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Adolf Hitler with his cabinet
A dark sepia toned poster with a glaring antisemitic depiction of a Jewish man in the center. German text is on the top and bottom of the poster.
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Advertising poster for the antisemitic film "Der ewige Jude"
Aerial view of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice and surrounding buildings.
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Aerial view of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice
Aerial view of the Nuremberg prison, where defendants in the International Military Tribunal war crimes trial were held. [LCID: 33914]
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Aerial view of the Nuremberg prison
Members of the 12th Armored Division, which included African American platoons, await their orders. [LCID: 83791]
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African American soldiers await orders
Aftermath of the liberation of a forced-labor camp in Germany [LCID: dfh0655l]
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Aftermath of the liberation of a forced-labor camp in Germany
A Jewish youth on an agricultural training farm that prepared Jewish refugees for life in Palestine, sponsored by the Joint Distribution ... [LCID: 69203]
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Agricultural training
Albert Speer makes final statement at trial [LCID: dfwct024]
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Albert Speer makes final statement at trial
Albert Speer sworn in at Nuremberg [LCID: dfwct019]
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Albert Speer sworn in at Nuremberg
Albert Speer testifies at Nuremberg [LCID: dfwct020]
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Albert Speer testifies at Nuremberg

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