Key Nazi Members

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Adolf Hitler
Leader of the Nazi 'revolution', led the Nazi party into the Reich first as Chancellor and then as the all powerful Fuhrer
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Ernst Rohm
Leader of Hitler's private army, the SA, but was later killed in prison after being arrested on the Night of the Long Knives
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Joseph Goebbels
Main involvement i was to attempt to control the minds of the German people. He used propaganda to manipulate the nation. His strong connections led him to surrendering Germany on behalf of Hitler
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Reinhard Heydrich
Alongside Himmler, Heydrich's main party role was to control the Gestapo, although he did have a number of other roles
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Hjalmar Schact
Minister of Reich Economics until November 1937 when political differences with Hitler forced him to leave
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Hermann Goring
Had many roles but his primary job was leader of the deadly aviation squad, the Luftwaffe
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Albert Speer
Minister for War Production, he was responsible for the main architecture schemes during and before the war, where he was also Chief of Architecture
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Robert Ley
As Head of the German Labour Force, he was presented with the difficult task of keeping the German workers happy during the Nazi regime
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Heinrich Himmler
Alongside Heydrich and others, his main party role was to control the secret state police, the Gestapo, in an attempt to crush all opposition to Hitler and the Nazi Party
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Werner von Blomberg
Minister of War for the Nazi Party
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Leader of Hitler's private army, the SA, but was later killed in prison after being arrested on the Night of the Long Knives

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Ernst Rohm

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Main involvement i was to attempt to control the minds of the German people. He used propaganda to manipulate the nation. His strong connections led him to surrendering Germany on behalf of Hitler

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Card 4

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Alongside Himmler, Heydrich's main party role was to control the Gestapo, although he did have a number of other roles

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Card 5

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Minister of Reich Economics until November 1937 when political differences with Hitler forced him to leave

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