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10 Things You Might Not Know About Adolf Hitler and the Nazis
One of the most perilous points for the Nazis centred around the suicide of Hitler’s 23-year-old half-niece, Angela “Geli” Raubal.
Hitler with senior Nazis Hermann Goering (l) and Wilhelm Keitel (r). Photo © BBC
Hitler was extremely possessive of Geli, who lived with her uncle in his Munich apartment. He would never allow Geli to go out alone and he blocked her engagement to his chauffeur and early DAP member Emil Maurice, who was soon removed from this role.
Rumours circulated about the nature of Hitler and Geli’s relationship, with Geli confiding to a friend: “You'd never believe the things he makes me do.” After she took her life in Hitler’s apartment with his revolver, the press was full of the scandal. It was suggested that Geli’s death may not have been suicide.
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The Sturmabteilung (Storm Detachment, known as the SA
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Adolf Hitler's rise to power
Events leading to Hitler's dictatorship of Germany
The rise to power of Adolf Hitler, dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945, began in the newly established Weimar Republic in September 1919, when Hitler joined the precursor of the Nazi Party. He quickly rose to a place of prominence in the early years of the party and as one of its most popular speakers, he was made the party leader after he threatened to otherwise leave. He became its leader in 1921, and by 1922, his control over the party was unchallenged. After spending much of the 1920s as a minor group on the fringes of German politics, the Nazi Party rose to prominence as a result of the Great Depression which began in 1929. During this tumultuous time, the Communist Party of Germany also began campaigning and called for a revolution. Business leaders, fearful of a communist takeover, began supporting the Nazi Party.
The Nazi Party began as the Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (DAP; German Wo