The German dictatorship is perhaps unique in claiming nothing less than complete control over the whole intellectual and spiritual life of the nation. By comparison, thought and conscience are ...

Banning political parties made Germany a one-party state and destroyed democracy in the country. This removed other parties as a source of opposition. 30 June 1934 Night of the Long Knives ...

four years after the end of dictatorship and war, Germans were once again able to elect a democratic parliament, but only in the West. It was a test for the young Federal Republic of Germany.

Banning political parties made Germany a one-party state and destroyed democracy in the country. This removed other parties as a source of opposition. 30 June 1934 Night of the Long Knives ...

Evelyn Zupke, federal commissioner for victims of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) dictatorship -- which founded and ruled the former communist East Germany -- said Ikea's commitment to ...