Contemporary Era

Third Reich

1933 AD – 1945 AD · peak 1942 AD

The Third Reich was the German state between 1933 and 1945 governed by the Nazi Party under Adolf Hitler. The regime initiated World War II and perpetrated the Holocaust, the systematic genocide of approximately six million Jews across occupied Europe. The state collapsed in May 1945 following total military defeat by the Allied powers and the subsequent occupation of Germany.

Capital: Berlin