Machtergreifung
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Machtergreifung refers to Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party’s seizure of power in Germany in 1933, marking the collapse of democracy and the beginning of the Third Reich.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Machtergreifung canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1327142 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Machtergreifung Context triple: [Weimar Republic, endEvent, Machtergreifung]
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A.
De tyranno
De tyranno is a political treatise by the Italian humanist Coluccio Salutati that examines the nature and legitimacy of tyranny within the framework of late medieval and early Renaissance political thought.
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B.
Przewrót majowy
Przewrót majowy was a 1926 military coup in Poland led by Józef Piłsudski that overthrew the democratic government and ushered in the Sanation regime.
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C.
Eleven Years' Tyranny
Eleven Years' Tyranny refers to the period from 1629 to 1640 when King Charles I ruled England without calling Parliament, marked by controversial taxation and growing political and religious tensions.
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D.
Second Reich
The Second Reich was the unified German nation-state that existed from 1871 to 1918 under imperial rule, culminating in the reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II and ending with Germany’s defeat in World War I.
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E.
Decree of War to the Death
The Decree of War to the Death was a 1813 proclamation by Simón Bolívar during the Venezuelan War of Independence that authorized extreme measures against Spanish loyalists, marking a brutal escalation of the conflict.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Machtergreifung Target entity description: Machtergreifung refers to Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party’s seizure of power in Germany in 1933, marking the collapse of democracy and the beginning of the Third Reich.
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A.
De tyranno
De tyranno is a political treatise by the Italian humanist Coluccio Salutati that examines the nature and legitimacy of tyranny within the framework of late medieval and early Renaissance political thought.
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B.
Przewrót majowy
Przewrót majowy was a 1926 military coup in Poland led by Józef Piłsudski that overthrew the democratic government and ushered in the Sanation regime.
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C.
Eleven Years' Tyranny
Eleven Years' Tyranny refers to the period from 1629 to 1640 when King Charles I ruled England without calling Parliament, marked by controversial taxation and growing political and religious tensions.
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D.
Second Reich
The Second Reich was the unified German nation-state that existed from 1871 to 1918 under imperial rule, culminating in the reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II and ending with Germany’s defeat in World War I.
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E.
Decree of War to the Death
The Decree of War to the Death was a 1813 proclamation by Simón Bolívar during the Venezuelan War of Independence that authorized extreme measures against Spanish loyalists, marking a brutal escalation of the conflict.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
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political event ⓘ process of Nazification ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Nazi seizure of power ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| date |
1933-01-30
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1933-02-27 ⓘ 1933-02-28 ⓘ 1933-03-23 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
consolidation of Nazi power
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persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany ⓘ persecution of political opponents ⓘ |
| governmentFormAfter | totalitarian dictatorship ⓘ |
| hasConsequence |
establishment of Nazi control over media and culture
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militarization of German society ⓘ outlawing of opposition parties in Germany ⓘ suspension of civil liberties in Germany ⓘ |
| hasKeyEvent |
Appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of Germany
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Enabling Act of 1933 ⓘ Gleichschaltung ⓘ Reichstag Fire Decree ⓘ Reichstag fire ⓘ |
| hasKeyFigure |
Franz von Papen
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Hermann Göring ⓘ Joseph Goebbels ⓘ Paul von Hindenburg ⓘ |
| hasMainActor |
Adolf Hitler
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National Socialist German Workers' Party ⓘ
linked to:
Nazi Party
|
| historicalContext | interwar period ⓘ |
| ideology | Nazism ⓘ |
| languageOfTerm | German ⓘ |
| ledTo | one-party Nazi dictatorship in Germany ⓘ |
| legalInstrumentUsed | Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution ⓘ |
| literalMeaning | seizure of power ⓘ |
| officialName |
Decree of the Reich President for the Protection of People and State
ⓘ
linked to:
Reichstag Fire Decree
Law to Remedy the Distress of People and Reich ⓘ |
| politicalOutcome |
collapse of the Weimar Republic
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end of parliamentary democracy in Germany ⓘ establishment of the Third Reich ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Great Depression in Germany
ⓘ
linked to:
Great Depression
Weimar Republic political instability ⓘ |
| region | Europe ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Gleichschaltung
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Third Reich ⓘ Weimar Republic ⓘ |
| startDate | 1933-01-30 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1933 ⓘ |
| typeOfChange | authoritarian takeover ⓘ |
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Subject: Machtergreifung Description of subject: Machtergreifung refers to Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party’s seizure of power in Germany in 1933, marking the collapse of democracy and the beginning of the Third Reich.
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