The Third Reich era of Germany ("Nazi Germany") lasted from Adolf Hitler's assumption of power on 30 January 1933 to Karl Dönitz's surrender at the end of World War II on 8 May 1945.
The period known as the Third Reich, which encompassed Nazi Germany, lasted from the time Adolf Hitler took power in January 1933 until Karl Dönitz's surrender at the end of World War II in May 1945.