German Reich
(1933–1943)
Deutsches Reich

Greater German Reich
(1943–1945)
Großdeutsches Reich
1933–1945
Flag of Masmak
Flag
(1935–1945)
Emblem(1935–1945) of Masmak
Emblem
(1935–1945)
Anthems: 
Das Lied der Deutschen
("The Song of the Germans")

Horst-Wessel-Lied[a]
("The Horst Wessel Song")
Germany's territorial control at its greatest extent during World War II (late 1942):
Capital
and largest city
Berlin
52°31′N 13°23′E / 52.517°N 13.383°E / 52.517; 13.383
Common languagesGerman
Religion
[1]
DemonymGerman
GovernmentUnitary Nazi one-party fascist state under a totalitarian dictatorship
Head of State 
 1933–1934
Paul von Hindenburg[c]
 1934–1945
Adolf Hitler[d]
 1945
Karl Dönitz[c]
Chancellor 
 1933–1945
Adolf Hitler
 1945
Joseph Goebbels
 1945
L. G. S. von Krosigk
LegislatureReichstag
Reichsrat (dissolved 1934)
Historical eraInterwar  World War II
30 January 1933
23 March 1933
 Anschluss
12 March 1938
1 September 1939
30 April 1945
 Surrender
8 May 1945
23 May 1945
Area
1939[e]633,786 km2 (244,706 sq mi)
1940[2][b]823,505 km2 (317,957 sq mi)
Population
 1939[3]
79,375,281
 1940[2][b]
109,518,183
CurrencyReichsmark (ℛℳ)
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Weimar Republic
Federal State of Austria
East Germany
West Germany
Austria
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  1. On 12 July 1933, Reichsinnenminister Wilhelm Frick, the Interior Minister, ordered that the Horst-Wessel-Lied be played right after the standing national anthem Das Lied der Deutschen, better known as Deutschland Über Alles.Tümmler 2010, p. 63.
  2. 1 2 3 Including the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia and the General Government
  3. 1 2 as President
  4. as Führer und Reichskanzler
  5. In 1939, before Germany acquired control of the last two regions which had been in its control before the Versailles Treaty—Alsace-Lorraine, Danzig and the Polish Corridor—its area was 633,786 square kilometres (244,706 sq mi). See Statistisches Jahrbuch 2006.
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  1. Ericksen & Heschel 1999, p. 10.
  2. 1 2 Soldaten-Atlas 1941, p. 8.
  3. 1939 Census.