Machtergreifung
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Machtergreifung (Template:IPA-de) is a German word meaning "seizure of power". It is normally used specifically to refer to the Nazi takeover of power in the democratic Weimar Republic on 30 January 1933, the day Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor of Germany, turning it into the Nazi German (Third Reich) dictatorship.
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