The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany (260 page)
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Authors: William L. Shirer
Porsche, Dr. Ferdinand,
266
Posen,
212
,
458
,
626
,
659
,
937–38
,
944
,
954
,
966
Potemkin, Vladimir,
482
Potsdam,
3
,
54–55
,
166
,
182
,
196–97
,
375
,
413
,
1072
Pour le Mérite (Ger. decoration),
49
Po Valley,
1107
Prague,
332
,
376–77
,
383
,
419
,
420
,
443–44
,
446
,
447
fn
.,
448
,
991
,
992
,
1064
Pravda
,
496
Preysing, Cardinal Count,
1048
fn
.
Prien, Oberleutnant Guenther,
646
Priess, Hermann,
1095
fn
.
Priestley, J. B.,
784
Primo de Rivera, Miguel,
787
,
788
Prince of Wales
(Br. battleship),
901
fn
.
Prinz Eugen
(Ger. hvy. cruiser),
914
prisoners of war,
744
,
854
fn
.,
932
,
940
,
942
fn
.,
946–47
,
948
,
949
,
951–56
,
969
,
973
,
979
,
1029
,
1086
,
1095
fn
.,
1100
,
1105
,
1114–15
Progressive Party,
55–56
Propaganda Ministry,
167
,
196
,
204
,
244–45
,
246
,
247
,
387
,
636
,
638
,
1061
,
1062–63
,
1110
,
1121–22
,
1143
;
see also
Goebbels
Protestant Church,
235
,
236
,
237
,
238
,
239
,
240
,
251
Proust, Marcel,
241
Prussia (kingdom),
92–98
,
196–97
,
236
,
259
,
1015
,
1087
Prussia (federal state),
154
,
155
,
159
,
160
,
165
,
184
,
186
,
191
,
200
;
see also
East Prussia, West Prussia
Pryor, Gen. W. W.,
698–99
Puaux, Gabriel,
334
fn
.
Puch,
821
Qattara Depression,
919
Quisling, Maj. Vidkun Abraham Lauritz,
675–78
,
701
,
704
,
705
,
706
,
709
fn
.,
755
fn
.
Raczyński, Count Edward,
551
,
602
Raeder, Gr. Adm. Erich,
207
,
214–15
,
273
,
305
,
313
,
314
,
317
,
321
,
365
,
401
,
462
,
484
,
487
,
488
,
497
,
515
fn
.,
529
fn
.,
622
,
636–38
,
646
,
667
,
670
,
742
,
873
,
877
,
878
fn
.,
914
,
915
,
1080
; naval building program,
281–82
,
487
,
622
; Norway campaign,
674–79
,
683
,
696
,
697
fn
.,
710
; Britain invasion plans,
752
,
758–59
,
763–68
,
770
,
771
; urges concentration on Mediterranean area,
812–13
,
818–21
,
828–29
,
912–13
; urges attack on U.S. shipping,
879
,
880
,
882
,
895
,
901–2
; ousted as Navy C. in C,
1000
; sentenced at Nuremberg,
1143
Rangsdorf,
1048
,
1054–55
,
1057
,
1058
Rapallo,
494
Rascher, Dr. Sigmund,
984–90
Rassenkunde
,
259
;
see also
“master race” concept
Rastenburg, E. Prussia,
101
,
849
,
863
,
919
,
920
,
922
,
925
,
928
,
932
,
941
,
998
,
1001
,
1002
,
1004
,
1010
,
1015
,
1020
,
1026–27
,
1034
,
1058
,
1062
,
1066
,
1069
,
1070
,
1075
,
1077
,
1080
,
1107
; attempt to assassinate Hitler at,
1045–57
Rath, Ernst vom,
430–31
Rathenau, Walther,
34
,
51
,
241
,
245
Rattenhuber, Oberfuehrer,
1049
Raubal, Friedl,
131
Kaubal, Geli,
9–10
,
131
,
132
,
152
,
153
,
221
,
223
,
244
fn
.,
1111
Ravensbrueck,
272
,
979
,
989
,
990
,
992
,
1025
Réal, Jean,
105
Reckse, Doctor,
1025
Red, Case,
303
Reed, Douglas,
784
Regensburg,
71
Regina Palace Hotel, Munich,
418
Reich Broadcasting Corp.,
247
,
467
fn
.
Reich Central Security Office,
see
R.S.H.A.
Reich Chamber of Art,
244
Reich Chamber of Culture,
241–44
Reich Chamber of Films,
247
Reich Chamber of Radio,
247
Reich Committee of German Youth Associations,
252–53
Reich Defense Council (Reichsverteidigungsrat),
208
,
275
,
281
,
282
,
290
,
497–98
Reich Defense Law, secret (May
31
, 1935),
259
,
285
fn
.
Reich Economic Chamber,
262
Reichenau, Field Marshal Walter von,
183
,
325
,
335
,
626
,
724
,
725
,
730
,
755
fn
.,
762
,
763
,
767
,
861
fn
.,
903
fn
.
Reich Food Estate,
258
Reich Governors,
200
Reich Music Chamber,
242
Reich Press Chamber,
246
Reich Press Law (Oct.
4
, 1933),
245
Reichsbank,
145
,
146
,
204
,
260
,
261
,
311
,
351–52
,
439
fn
.,
973–74
Reichsbanner,
160
Reichsgericht (Ger. Supreme Court),
269
Reichsgesetzblatt
(official gazette),
434
Reichstag,
95
,
151
,
153
,
163
,
173
,
174
,
176
,
180
,
194
,
318
,
560
; Nazi representation in,
118
,
119
,
123
,
138
,
146
,
148
,
149
,
166
,
172
,
186
,
196
; Nazi program in,
127
,
144
,
162
,
167
,
184
,
196–201
,
229
,
237
; dissolutions of,
137
,
155
,
161
,
164–65
,
170–72
,
179
,
181
,
189
,
294
fn
.; elections of,
138
,
166
,
172
,
211
,
237
,
347
; Goebbels expelled from,
157
; support of Hitler-Papen govt.,
182
,
197–201
,
210
,
274
; votes Hitler absolute power,
867
; Hitler speeches in,
213
,
234
,
291
,
562–63
,
828
,
834
; repudiation of Versailles Treaty,
299
,
300
; on peace,
209
,
280
,
285
,
290
,
470–76
,
641–42
,
752–55
,
761
,
762
; on 1934 purge,
220
,
223
,
224
,
226
,
268
; on Anschluss,
348
,
349
; on Czech invasion,
365
; on beginning of Polish war,
598–600
,
603
,
604
; on war with U.S.,
895–900
; on annihilation of Jews,
964
Reichstag fire,
146
,
191–95
,
196
,
223
,
269
,
274
,
653
,
654
Reich Statistical Office,
264
Reichswehr,
33
,
34
,
46
,
60
; becomes Wehrmacht,
285
fn
.;
see also
Army, German
Reich Theater Chamber.
242–43
Reinberger, Maj. Helmut,
671–72
Reinhardt, Gen. Georg-Hans,
724
,
731
,
859
Reinhardt, Max,
242
Reitlinger, Gerald,
970
,
973
,
978
,
1025
fn
.
Reitsch, Hanna,
1111
,
1118–19
,
1120
,
1122
,
1133
Remagen,
1101
Remarque, Erich Maria,
241
Rennes,
1037
Renthe-Fink, Cecil von,
700
reparations, German, World War I,
51
,
58
,
61
,
64
,
112
,
117
,
136
,
137
,
152
,
154
,
943
Republican Party (U.S.),
748
Repulse
(Br. battleship),
901
fn
.
Reuben James
(U.S. destroyer),
883
Reuters,
1122
Reventlow, Count Ernst zu,
123
Rheydt,
124
Rhine river,
634
,
646
,
723
,
738
,
1088–89
,
1090
,
1095
,
1099
,
1101
,
1102
,
1105
Rhineland, remilitarization of,
211
,
282
,
286
,
290–96
,
299
,
302
,
327
,
378
,
459
,
530
,
543
,
635
,
657
,
714
Ribbentrop, Gertrud von,
1056
fn
.
Ribbentrop, Joachim von,
233
,
276
,
302
,
381
,
406
fn
.,
435
fn
.,
507
,
556–57
,
560
,
595
fn
.,
596
fn
.,
620
,
672
,
676
,
741
,
742
,
751
fn
.,
814
,
924
,
955
,
1017
fn
.,
1097
,
1112
,
1113
,
1126
,
1142–43
; personal characteristics,
181
,
298
,
415
,
436
; ambassador to Britain,
288
,
298
,
335
,
344–45
; appointed Foreign Min.,
319
; and Goering, mutual dislike,
298
,
469
,
483
,
1056
; at Hitler-Schuschnigg meeting,
328
,
347
; and Czechoslovakia,
360
,
364
,
365
,
376
,
377
,
405
,
408
,
409
,
421
,
429
,
439–42
,
444
,
446–47
,
449
,
451–52
; at Hitler-Chamberlain talks,
385
,
396
; pact with France,
437
; negotiations with Poland,
455–57
,
459
,
460–61
,
463–64
,
499
,
588
; rejects British, French protests on Memel,
461–62
; talks with Duce, Ciano on war co-operation,
436
,
482–83
,
508–10
,
512
,
548
,
551–55
,
564
,
566
,
687–90
,
816
,
821
,
845
,
910
,
923
; negotiations with U.S.S.R.,
491
,
492
,
500
,
501
,
505
,
513–14
,
520–28
,
531
,
535
fn
.,
537–41
,
545
,
547
,
609
,
621–22
,
627
,
629–31
,
639
,
674
,
793–95
,
801–9
,
847–49
; negotiations with West on Poland,
562
,
570
fn
.,
576–78
,
580–83
,
585
fn
.,
586–89
,
591
,
602
,
605–7
,
613
; relations with U.S.,
637
,
683
,
686
,
748
,
871
,
881–96
passim
,
897
fn
.; rejects British, French ultimatums,
615–18
; relations with Norway, Denmark,
696–98
,
703
,
704
,
706
; Windsor kidnap plot,
785–91
; dealings in Balkans,
795
,
800
,
801
,
823–24
; declaration of war on U.S.S.R.,
848–49
; relations with Japan,
871–72
,
874–78
,
881–96
; declaration of war on U.S.,
900
