With detailed demographics, social and economic data, and other key information, this thorough reference is a unique guide to the Third Reich.

 

Packed with hundreds of easy-to-understand maps, graphs, tables, and charts, The Third Reich offers the history enthusiast concrete statistical data that brings to life one of the twentieth century's most complex regimes. Beginning with a brief overview of the Reich's history from its establishment in 1933, the guide covers the geography, economy, political structures, legal framework, military organization, social policies, and ideology of Hitler's Germany. It covers:

• Hitler's pre-war annexations
• The establishment of Reichsgaue (administrative areas)
• The location of concentration camps
• Charts, graphs, and tables with information on the organization of the SA (Stürmabteilung), unemployment data, industrial and military output figures, the structure of the police forces, university students by discipline, Nazi-approved movies, and the verdicts at the Nuremberg war crimes trials.