Nazi Party: Facts & Related Content

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Also Known As	National-Sozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei • National Socialist German Workers’ Party • NSDAP • Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei
Date	1919 - 1945
Areas Of Involvement	anti-Semitism • nationalism
Related People	Adolf Hitler • Hermann Göring • Adolf Eichmann • Heinrich Himmler • Josef Dietrich • Martin Bormann • Gottfried Feder • Fritz Thyssen • Erich Ludendorff • Joseph Goebbels • Oskar Schindler • Reinhard Heydrich • Carl Schmitt • Amon Göth • Karl Otto Koch

The Nazis offered a bounty for Albert Einstein's assassination.
The Nazi regime promoted the use of methamphetamine among its soldiers.
The Nazi regime hosted the 1936 Olympic Games but allowed Helene Mayer, a Jewish fencer, to compete for Germany.
Before deciding upon the Final Solution, Adolf Hitler considered deporting Jews to Madagascar.
To spread propaganda, the Nazi regime created a jazz band called Charlie and His Orchestra.