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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

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by William L. Shirer


  Gabeik, Josef, 991

  Galen, Count, 239

  Galicia, 534

  Galland, Adolf, 776

  Gamelin, Gen. Maurice, 292–93, 425, 534, 609, 610, 634, 635, 717, 724, 726, 728

  Garbo, Greta, 156

  Garda, Lake, 1005

  Gauguin, Paul, 244

  Gaus, Friedrich, 491, 492, 540fn., 706fn.

  Gdynia, 572, 582, 589

  Gebhardt, Dr. Karl, 979fn.

  Geheimer Kabinettsrat, see Secret Cabinet Council

  Gehlin, General, 1096

  Gembloux gap, 724

  General Motors Corp., 686fn.

  Geneva Convention, 946–47, 951, 955, 1100

  Geneva Disarmament Conference, 183, 204, 210, 211

  Genoa, 740fn., 956

  George VI, King of England, 344, 787–88, 815fn., 835

  George, Stefan, 1028, 1029

  Gera, 217, 218, 219

  Gercke, Col. Rudolf, 498

  German Air Force, see Luftwaffe

  German Army, see Army, German; Army, German, units; Army General Staff; Army High Command

  German Broadcasting Co., see Reich Broadcasting Corp.

  German Christians’ Faith Movement, 235, 236, 237, 239

  German colonies, 302, 305, 641, 746, 836

  German Evangelical Church, 1017

  German Fighting League for the Breaking of Interest Slavery, 35

  German Fighting Union, see Deutscher Kampfbund

  Germania, 218

  German National People’s Party (Nationalists), 56, 118, 138, 154, 155, 157, 159, 166, 170, 172, 173, 180, 181, 186, 189, 194, 195–96, 198, 201, 237

  German Naval Register, 550–51, 556

  German Navy, see Navy, German

  German Officers’ League, 220

  German People’s Party (formerly National Liberals), 56, 186, 201

  German–Soviet Boundary and Friendship Treaty, 631, 632, 639

  German Workers’ Party, 35–41, 50

  Germany, defeat of, in World War I, 29–32, 53

  Germany, First Reich, 90–91

  Germany, history, 90–97

  Germany, Republic of (1918–33), 3, 4, 31, 42, 43, 52–64 91, 95, 112, 118, 121, 137, 150–56, 162, 163, 165, 171, 175, 200, 251, 268, 458, 494, 714, 1081, 1109; armed rebellions against, 33–34, 54–55, 60, 65–75 (see also Beer Hall Putsch; Kapp putsch); reparations problem, 51, 58, 61, 64, 112, 117, 136, 137, 152, 154, 943; birth of, 52–56; Weimar Constitution, 55–57; 60, 61, 78, 126, 137, 153, 229, 241, 268, 274; economic problems, 61–63, 112, 117, 135–36, 152–53; Reichstag elections, 137–38; 165, 171, 189, 195; 1932 presidential elections, 153, 155, 158–60; ends with Hitler’s accession, 183, 213; responsibility for death of, 185–87; churches’ opposition to, 235–37, 268

  Germany, Second Reich (1871–1918), 91, 95, 96, 98, 109, 197, 251

  Gerothwohl, Prof. M. A., 112fn.

  Gersdorff, Colonel Frh. von, 1021, 1022, 1027

  Gessler, Otto, 64, 65fn., 66

  Gestapo (Geheime Staatspolizei, Secret State Police), 192–93, 222, 231, 276, 294fn., 518–19, 520fn., 653, 655, 656, 703, 782fn., 784, 785, 923, 991, 1023; Himmler named chief of, 215, 216; harassment of churches, 235, 237–39; establishment of, 270–71, 273; Fritsch frameup, 317, 354, 355, 373; in Austria, 348fn., 351–53; and anti-Hitler conspirators, 380fn., 430, 848fn., 906, 1003, 1016, 1024–26, 1031, 1034, 1036, 1044, 1048, 1053, 1063, 1069, 1070, 1072–75, 1077, 1079, 1080; terror in Poland, 660, 663; execution of Russian POWS, 953; Jewish Office, 963, 978

  Gibbs, Sir Philip, 784

  Gibraltar, 757, 768, 813, 814, 817, 819, 921–22

  Gide, André, 241

  Gieseking, Walter, 242

  Giesler, Paul, 1023

  Gilbert, Felix, 1003fn., 1014fn.

  Giraud, Gen. Henri, 718, 722, 923

  Gisevius, Hans Bernd, 192–93, 316fn., 373–74, 40S, 407–8, 411, 412, 517, 558–60, 596, 650, 655fn., 1018, 1033

  Gissinger, Theodor, 12–13

  Givet,717

  Glaesemer, Col. Wolfgang, 1065

  Glaise-Horstenau, Edmund von, 328, 335, 338, 339

  Glasgow (Br. cruiser), 708

  Glasl-Hoerer, Anna, 8

  Gleiwitz, 518–20, 595, 599, 601

  Gluecks, Richard, 664

  Gneisenau, Field Marshal Count August Neithardt von, 1028, 1081

  Gneisenau, Germany, 992

  Gneisenau (Ger. battle cruiser), 281, 711, 914

  Gobineau, Count Joseph Arthur de, 103–4, 106

  Godesberg, 220, 391–96, 397, 404, 407, 416, 417, 421, 425, 426, 619

  Goebbels, Magda, 483fn., 1111, 1113, 1123, 1133, 1136, 1137

  Goebbels, Paul Joseph, 4, 5, 146, 155–73, 176–80, 182, 184, 189–93, 614, 837, 866, 910fn., 995–96, 998–1005, 1008–9, 1010–11, 1012, 1061, 1087, 1100, 1102fn., 1143; biographical sketch, 123–29; supports radical Nazi faction, 126–27, 143, 205, 215, 220; party propaganda chief, 147, 148; Reichstag fire, 191–93; Propaganda Minister, 196–98, 202, 204, 218, 227, 233, 241–48, 275, 281, 294fn., 319fn., 343, 347, 363, 387, 396, 398, 443–44, 563–64, 593–94, 638, 646 653, 669fn., 671, 725, 739fn., 778, 780, 860, 1002, 1033fn., 1105–6; role in Roehm purge, 220, 221; book burning, control of arts and letters, 241–48; persecution of Jews, 430, 432–33, 991; target of anti-Hitler plotters, 1034, 1062–64, 1066, 1069–71, 1117; last days, 1108–13, 1122, 1123, 1126–28, 1133–38

  Goerdeler, Carl, 372–73, 374, 382, 517, 558, 650, 652, 659, 670, 693–94, 715, 846fn., 848fn., 904, 907, 908, 1013fn., 1014, 1016–17, 1018, 1023, 1024, 1026, 1030–31, 1032, 1035, 1036, 1042–43, 1044, 1046–48, 1072

  Goerdeler, Fritz, 1072fn.

  Goering, Carin von Kantzow (nee Baroness Fock), 49, 146

  Goering, Hermann, 4, SI, 118, 145, 146, 168, 173, 176, 180–83, 188–90, 194–95, 218, 232, 233, 270, 271, 282, 297, 300, 303fn., 319, 469–70, 530, 531, 560, 613, 671, 672, 683, 686–87, 813, 834–35, 837, 871, 879, 923, 1000, 1008, 1079, 1091, 1098, 1099, 1127; background, 49; in Beer Hall Putsch, 68–69, 73–75; drug addiction, 146; in Reichstag, 162, 170–71, 196, 472; heads Prussian police and govt., 184, 191, 200, 201, 204, 216; and Reichstag fire, 192–94; “Hitler is the law,” 203, 268; military rank, 215, 318, 754fn.; opposes Roehm, brings about purge, 215–17, 219–23, 225; anti-Jewish program, 236, 430–35; economic dictator of Reich, 260–61, 275, 310–11; Nazification of courts, 268–70; animosity toward Ribbentrop, 298, 483, 1056; meetings with Mussolini, 301, 469–70, 478–79; 909, 910; in on war preparations, 305, 484, 497–98, 515fn., 516–17, 557; and Blomberg-Fritsch affair, 312–17, 320–21, 354; role in Anschluss, 335, 338–40, 342–44, 346, 347; role in Czechosl. annexation, 365, 383, 396, 404, 415, 437–38, 439fn., 440, 444, 446–47; dealings with Russia, 476–79, 528, 667; “Call me Meier,” 517fn.; last-minute peace talks with British, 569–72, 574, 576–77, 583–85, 588–89, 591–92, 614, 640; named by Hitler as his successor, 599; and invasion of Poland, 600, 601; Norway campaign, 673, 676, 682, 696, 710; target of conspirators, 670, 1021, 1034, 1035, 1045, 1051, 1117; western offensive and Battle of Britain, 719, 722, 731–33, 737, 742, 759, 766fn., 770, 772, 774–78, 781, 783; invasion and occupation of Russia, 799, 832–34, 854fn., 926, 930–31, 941, 942; bombing of Belgrade, 824, 826; “New Order” atrocities, 941–42, 945, 946, 951, 955, 964, 965, 985; successorship to Hitler, 1108; accused of treason, ousted, arrest ordered, 1118–19, 1122, 1126–28, 1130, 1134; in Nuremberg dock, 1142

  Goerlitz, Walter, 933

  Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 97, 99, 243

  Golden Badge of Honor, 373

  Goltz, General Count Ruediger von der, 680

  Gorki, U.S.S.R., 870

  Gort, Lord, 724, 730, 731, 735

  Goudsmit, Prof. Samuel, 1099fn.

  Goy, Jean, 281

  Graf Spee (Ger. battleship), 518, 520, 636, 646, 669–70, 678–80

  Graebe, Hermann, 961–62

  Graefe, Albrecht von, 123

  Graf, Ulrich, 49, 68, 73, 122

  Grandi, Dino, 996–97


  Gran Sasso d’Italia, 1003

  Grassmann, Peter, 202

  Gravelines, 728, 731

  Gravesend, 763, 768

  Graz, 333

  Graziani, Marshai Rodolfo, 817, 818fn., 819

  Great Britain, see Britain

  Grebbe-Peei Line, 721–22

  Greece, 469, 808, 815, 816, 817, 818, 820, 821, 823, 825, 826, 827, 828, 829, 830, 839, 841, 842, 875, 969, 975fn., 993, 1006

  Green, Case (Fall Gruen), 303, 356, 357, 360–63, 365, 367, 378, 392fn., 393, 399, 429, 714

  Greenwood, Arthur, 611

  Greer (U.S. destroyer), 882

  Greim, Gen. Robert Ritter von, 1118–19, 1120, 1122

  Greiner, Josef, 19fn., 27

  Grey, Sir Edward, 385

  Groener, Gen. Wilhelm, 53–55, 58–59, 139, 142, 150–51, 155, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 174

  Groscurth, Col. Hans, 650

  Grosz, George, 244

  Grozny, 909, 914, 916, 928

  Gruene Post, 246

  Gruhn, Erna (Frau Blomberg), 311–14

  Grynszpan, Herschel, 430

  Grzesinski, Albert C, 60

  Guariglia, Ambassador, 608

  Gudbrandsdal, 706, 708

  Guderian, Gen. Heinz, 348, 625, 626, 717, 724, 726, 728, 731, 855, 856, 858, 859, 860, 861, 862, 863, 864, 865, 903fn, 1080–82, 1091, 1096–97, 1098, 1103

  Guernica, 297

  Guertner, Franz, 75, 118, 164

  Gumbel, E. I., 251

  “Guns before Butter,” 231

  Gunther, John, 784fn.

  Gustav V. King of Sweden, 400, 711fn., 747, 750–51

  Gutkelch, Doctor, 948

  Guttenberg, Karl Ludwig Frh. von, 374

  Guzzoni, Gen. Alfredo, 821

  gypsies, medical experiments on, 979

  Haakon VII, King of Norway, 696, 698, 703–6, 708, 709, 729

  Haber, Fritz, 250

  Habicht, Theodor, 279, 280

  Hácha, Dr. Emil, 421, 440, 443–6, 449fn., 450–6, 457, 578–79, 587, 729

  Haeften, Lt. Werner von, 1048–49, 1053, 1067, 1068

  Hagelin, Viljam, 677

  Hagen, Lt. Dr. Hans, 1061–62, 1070–71

  Hague, The, 713, 721, 722, 865

  Hague Convention, 636, 830, 945–47, 951

  Hausham, Lord, 211

  Haidane, J. B. S., 784

  Halder, Gen. Franz, 510fn., 549fn., 550–51, 556, 590, 754fn., 816–17, 819–21, 824, 860, 901, 902, 922, 1010; appointed Chief of Staff, 371–72; Czech invasion plans, 378; in anti-Hitler conspiracy, 374–75, 378–79, 380fn., 381, 382, 404–8, 411–13, 422, 426, 517, 530, 558–59, 647–51, 658–59, 693–94, 906; Poland invasion, 484, 487, 497, 515–18, 529fn., 532, 547, 563, 569, 579fn., 591, 595–96, 625–26, 660, 661, 663–64; Norway and Denmark, 678, 681, 682, 710; war in west, 626, 633, 640, 643–44, 647, 651, 672, 717, 718, 726, 727, 731–36, 739, 743; Britain invasion plans, 747, 752, 759, 763, 764, 766–68, 770, 771, 773–74; Russian invasion, 796–99, 810, 812, 822, 830–31, 840, 846, 852, 855–60, 861fn., 862–70, 877, 911, 914–15; ousted as General Staff Chief, 915–18; in concentration camp, 1073–74, 1115

  Hale, Prof. Oron J., 135, 246fn.

  Halifax, Lord, 302–3, 344–45, 435fn., 450, 674; negotiations on Czechosl., 360, 364, 381, 396, 410, 411, 413, 451–53; contacts with anti-Hitler plotters, 381–82, 558, 692–93; support of Poland against Germany, 465, 517, 537, 546, 548fn., 570, 572–75, 577, 579–80, 583, 585fn., 586–89, 600–2; policy on U.S.S.R., 478fn., 495, 504, 537; ultimatums and war with Germany, 605fn., 607–10, 612–14, 615fn., 617; rejects Hitler peace bid, 756

  Hallawell, Wing Commdr, 502fn.

  Hamar, 703, 704, 706, 708

  Hambro, Carl, 677

  Hamburg, 65, 165, 275, 699, 752, 1008–9, 1033, 1105, 1107, 1137, 1141

  Hamburg-Amerika line, 144

  Hamilton, Duke of, 835, 836

  Hammerstein, Gen. Kurt von, 3, 4, 151, 160, 182, 183, 207, 225, 374, 380fn., 387, 648, 1035

  Hamsun, Knut, 709fn.

  Hanfstaengl, Erna, 131

  Hanfstaengl, Ernst (Putzi), 46–47, 51, 74, 191, 192, 784

  Hanisch, Reinhold, 19fn., 20

  Hanover, 126–27, 239

  Hansen, Col. Georg, 1036, 1072

  Hansestadt Danzig (Ger. troopship), 699

  Hapsburgs, the, 18, 23, 24, 27, 97, 301, 304, 326, 332, 336, 345fn., 348, 349, 359

  Hardenberg, Count Hans von, 905

  Harnack, Arvid, 1043fn.

  Harrer, Karl, 36, 40

  Harris, Capt. Sam, 411–12, 559

  Harris, Lt. Commdr. Whitney R., 958

  Harstad, 707

  Harzburg Front, 154

  Hase, Gen. Paul von, 1030, 1035, 1061, 1065, 1070–71

  Hassell, Ulrich von, 297–98, 301, 319, 320, 371, 739fn., 848fn., 897fn.; anti-Hitler conspiracy, 373, 423, 517, 558, 559, 591–92, 649, 659, 670, 692–94, 846fn., 848fn., 903–4, 906–8, 1016, 1023, 1030, 1036, 1043; executed, 1072

  Haug, Jenny, 131

  Hauptmann, Gerhart, 243

  Hausberger, Fritz von, 684–85

  Haushofer, Albrecht, 1073

  Hapshofer, Gen. (Prof.) Karl, 48, 837, 1073

  Havel lake, Berlin, 1129

  “Hay Action,” 947

  Hegel, Georg Wilhelm, 97, 98–99, 110, 111

  Heidegger, Martin, 251

  Heidelberg University, 124, 250

  Heiden, Erhard, 121

  Heiden, Konrad, 7, 9, 10, 19, 27fn., 38–39, 45, 74fn., 78, 105–6, 123, 128, 131, 132, 133, 223

  “Heiliger, Max,” 973–74

  Heilmann, Horst, 1043fn.

  Heinemann, General, 122

  Heines, Lt. Edmund, 120, 221, 225

  Heinrici, General, 869fn., 1120

  Heiss, Captain, 66

  Held, Dr. Heinrich, 118

  Helhorn, Anke, 125–26

  Heligoland Bight, 768

  Helldorf, Count Wolf von, 161, 183, 312–13, 413, 1034, 1059, 1063, 1072

  Hencke, Andor, 420, 631fn., 814, 816

  Hendaye, 814, 816

  Henderson, Sir Nevile, 345, 364, 380–81, 385, 397, 398, 402fn., 403, 408–11, 415, 416, 426, 451–53, 511fn., 543fn., 546, 547, 548–49, 550, 551, 557, 562, 569, 570, 572–86, 589, 591–93, 600–2, 605–8, 612–13, 615, 616

  Henlein, Konrad, 359, 360, 363, 377, 381fn., 383, 384, 386, 387, 448–49

  Herber, Lt. Col. Franz, 1066

  Hereditary Farm Law (Sept. 29, 1933), 257–58, 264

  Herfurth, Gen. Otto, 1066

  Hermann Goering Works, 261, 351

  Herrenklub, 178, 191

  Herriot, Edouard, 437

  Herrlingen, 1031, 1037, 1077

  Hersey, John, 975fn.

  Herypierre, Henry, 982, 983

  Hess, Rudolf, 39, 49, 110, 148, 154, 178, 208, 224fn., 257, 270, 275, 599, 742, 944, 1073, 1108, 1142–43; background, 47–48; in Beer Hall Putsch, 68, 70, 73, 75; helps Hitler with Mein Kampf, 79, 85; directs Nazi revolt in Austria, 323, 347; flight to Scotland, 834–38

  Heusinger, Gen. Adolf, 1048fn., 1051, 1052, 1054fn.

  Hewel, Walter, 1101

  Heyde, Lt. Col. Bodo von der, 1067

  Heydrich, Reinhard, 271, 518–20, 595, 655fn., 782–83, 956, 1023, 1143; background, 273; and Fritsch frameup, 315, 317, 354; persecution of Jews, 351, 430–34, 661, 662, 958, 964, 965, 978; assassinated, 991, 1019

  Heywood, Major General, 503fn., 533

  Hiedler, Johann Georg, 7, 8

  High Command of the Armed Forces, see OKW

  High Command of the Army, see Army High Command

 

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