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| Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the general theory of relativity |
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| the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts |
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| Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist who became known as the founding father of psychoanalysi |
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| A philosophical theory or approach that emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining... |
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| Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist |
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| A 20th-century avant-garde movement in art and literature that sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind. |
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| A type of music of black American origin characterized by improvisation, syncopation, and usually a regular or forceful rhythm, emerging... |
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| Charles Augustus Lindbergh, nicknamed Slim, Lucky Lindy, and The Lone Eagle, was an American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist. |
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| A coalition government is a cabinet of a parliamentary government in which several parties cooperate. The usual reason given for this... |
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| The Weimar Republic is the name given by historians to the federal republic and parliamentary representative democracy established in 1919 in Germany to replace the imperial form of government. |
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| the economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930s. |
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| Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during |
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| The economic measures introduced by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933 to counteract the effects of the Great Depression. |
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| An authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization. |
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| Mussolini: Italian fascist dictator (1883-1945). |
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| Hitler: German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945). |
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| a form of socialism featuring racism and expansionism and obedience to a strong leader. |
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| Mein Kampf, English: My Struggle, is a book by Adolf Hitler. It combines elements of autobiography with an exposition of Hitler's... |
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| The territory believed needed for a nation's natural development. |
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| the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of). |
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| The Axis powers (German: Achsenmächte, Italian: Potenze dell'Asse, Japanese: , Hungarian: Tengelyhatalmak, Romanian: Puterile Axei,... |
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| Franco: Spanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939 and who ruled as a dictator until his death (1892-1975). |
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| A policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, esp. the political affairs of other countries. |
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| The Nazi regime, 1933–45. |
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| The Munich Pact (Mnichovská dohoda; Mníchovská dohoda; Münchner Abkommen; Accords de Munich; Accordi di Monaco) was an agreement... |
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