However, after the death of Wilhelm I, Wilhelm II reigned until Germanys defeat in World War I. ... Operating under the government framework, known as Grundgetsetz or Basic Law, instilled by the allied nations after World War II in 1949, and completely breaking free of its eastern Soviet form of government. ... This branch was created with the sole purpose of trying those who have partaken in crimes against humanity, genocide and oppression resulting from the wake of the Second World War. ... Since World War II Germany has been faced with internal turmoil in regards to racism and political ext...

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By late 1924 Hitler was release on parole, after serving a portion his five year sentence, and quickly regained control of the Nazi Party, noting that any future seizure must come by legal measures through Parliamentary elections. ... In 1929 Hitler finally got his chance, the American stock market crash of 1929 affected nearly every nation in the world and German prosperity soon came to an end as a result of the Great Depression, vast unemployment and hunger that followed. ... World War II officially began after Hitler's march on Poland and the succession of rapid defeats and occupatio...

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Of course, these notes are also useful in addressing the question of the rise of Hitler. ... Specifically, these notes should help us understand why potential opponents of Hitler-during Germany's post-WW1 Weimar period-failed to prevent the Nazi dictatorship. ******************** In our attempt to understand Biz's domestic policy aims and accomplishments 1871-1890, we should consider how it was that Biz came to be in a position to determine domestic policy in Germany in the first place. ... In 1860, the Prussian minister of w...

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