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Mein Kampf is a 1925 autobiographical and political manifesto by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler. The book outlines many of Hitler's political beliefs, his political ideology, and his future plans for Germany and the world.
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The Dust Bowl was a period of severe dust storms in the 1930s caused by a combination of severe drought and poor agricultural practices
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Franklin D. Roosevelt was first elected president on November 8, 1932, defeating incumbent Republican Herbert Hoover. Running on a platform of a "New Deal," he won by a landslide, carrying 42 of the 48 states and securing a significant majority of the popular and electoral votes. He was inaugurated as the 32nd president on March 4, 1933, at a time when the Great Depression had left millions unemployed and most banks closed.
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Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933. His rise to power was not through a popular election but a political appointment by President Paul von Hindenburg. This came after years of economic and political instability in Germany, which the Nazi Party was able to exploit.
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Berlin hosted the Olympic Games once, in 1936. These Summer Olympics are officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad and were held under the Nazi regime of Adolf Hitler, who used them as a propaganda tool to showcase Germany to the world.