# Canonical recap data for Nazi Germany's 1936 Election Victory (1936)
# Source: https://recap.at/1936/1936-german-plebiscite
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slug: 1936-german-plebiscite
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1936/1936-german-plebiscite"
title: Nazi Germany's 1936 Election Victory
subtitle: Hitler's orchestrated plebiscite on German rearmament and the Rhineland remilitarization delivered a propaganda triumph ahead of Nazi expansion.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1936-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1936
decade: 1930
country:
name: Germany
slug: germany
summaryShort: Nazi Germany, officially the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship. The Third Reich, meaning "Third Realm" or "Third Empire", referred to the Nazi claim th
summaryLong: Nazi Germany, officially the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship. The Third Reich, meaning "Third Realm" or "Third Empire", referred to the Nazi claim that Nazi Germany was the successor to the Holy Roman Empire (800–1806) and the German Empire (1871–1918). The Third Reich, which the Nazis referred to as the Thousand-Year Reich, ended in May 1945, after 12 years, when the Allies defeated Germany and entered the capital, Berlin, ending World War II in Europe.
heroImageUrl: "https://live.staticflickr.com/3121/2865586501_1ae57ea0e1_b.jpg"
heroImageCredit: "\"Franklin and Eleanor at Rest, Hyde Park, New York (FDR Bio, part 2)\" by Tony Fischer Photography is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/."
importance: 82
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany"
  title: Nazi Germany
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- election
metaDescription: Nazi Germany, officially the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party c
wikidataQid: Q7318
archiveSnapshots:
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  capturedAt: 2026-06-28
  label: Nazi Germany
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany"
