The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany (261 page)
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Authors: William L. Shirer
Riccione,
851
Richardson, William,
852
fn
.,
912
Richthofen Fighter Squadron,
49
Rickenbacker, Eddie,
684
Riess, Curt,
1063
fn
.
Rintelen, General von,
825
Rio de Janeiro
(Ger. transport),
695
Riom trial,
609
fn
.
Ripka, Herbert,
390
Ritter, Gerhard,
1046
fn
.
Robeson, Paul,
784
fn
.
Robin Moor
(U.S. freighter),
882
Rocca delle Caminate,
1005
Rockefeller, John D.,
688
Roehm, Ernst,
4
,
39
,
46
,
63
,
120
,
155
,
159
,
160
,
313
,
317
,
371
,
691
,
834
; background,
38
; with Goering, organizes S.S.,
49
; in Beer Hall Putsch,
66
,
71
,
73
,
75
; break with Hitler (1925),
118
; returns to party, heads S.A., S.S.,
146–48
; contact with Schleicher,
152
,
161
,
216
; friendship with Hitler,
207
,
216
; named to Cabinet,
208
; rift with Hitler over radicalism,
204–8
,
213–17
; purged,
219–22
,
224–26
,
273
,
1056–57
Roenne, Colonel Freiherr von,
1030
Rokossovski, Gen. Konstantin,
929
Roman Catholic Church,
23
,
24
,
55–56
,
61
,
64
,
92
,
119
,
157
,
166
,
201
,
234–35
,
237–40
,
326
,
332
,
341
,
350
,
355
,
370
,
374
,
1048
,
1060
fn
.
Rome,
436
,
450
,
469–70
,
746
,
910
,
996
,
1001
,
1002
,
1004
,
1005
,
1006
,
1036
Rome–Berlin Axis,
298
,
301
,
324
,
353
,
478–79
,
482–84
,
491
,
508
,
547
,
665–66
,
800
Rommel, Field Marshal Erwin,
724
,
999
,
1000
,
1085
; in N. Africa,
827–29
,
902
,
911–15
,
919–22
,
934
; in anti-Hitler plot,
1030–32
,
1041–42
,
1047
,
1076–80
; in Normandy,
1036–42
; urges Hitler seek peace, is cashiered,
1039–41
; wounded in air attack,
1041–42
,
1047
; suicide and funeral,
1078–80
Roosevelt, Franklin D.,
435
fn
.,
544
fn.
,
684
fn
.,
686
fn
.,
688
,
815
fn
.,
827
fn
.,’
828
,
829
,
871
,
872
,
874
,
887
,
888
,
894–95
,
907
; peace efforts,
209–10
,
400
,
469–75
,
508
fn
.,
560–61
,
574
,
683
,
684
,
687
,
714
,
749
; recalls ambassador,
433
fn
.,
685
; negotiations with Japanese,
873
fn
.,
884–87
,
892
; Nazi gibes at,
470–75
,
875
fn
.,
897–900
; Atlantic naval policy,
877
fn
.,
880–82
; war aims,
904
,
1033
fn
.; death of, delights Nazis,
1110
Rosen, Count Eric von,
49
Rosenberg, Alfred,
39
,
67
,
73
,
97
,
108
,
118
,
122
,
123
,
149
,
154
,
236
,
240
,
253
,
276
,
835
; background,
48–49
; contact with Quisling,
676–78
; and German occupation of Eastern Europe,
832–34
,
939–42
,
947–48
,
952–53
; plunder of art treasures,
945–46
; Nuremberg trial and execution,
1142–43
Rosenman, Samuel I.,
897
fn
.
Ross, Colin,
683
fn
.
Rossbach, Lieutenant,
66
Rosterg, August,
144
Rostock, Capt. Max,
992
Rostov,
859
,
860–61
,
865
,
916
,
928
,
952
“Rote Kapelle,”
1043
fn
.
Rothschild, Baron Louis de,
351
Rovno,
841
Royal Oak
(Br. battleship),
646
R.S.H.A. (Reichssicherheitshauptamt, Reich Central Security Office),
782–84
,
958
,
1024
,
1026
,
1063
;
see also
S.D.
Ruegen,
266
Ruhr,
61–65
,
112
,
282
,
301
,
486
,
517
fn
.,
634
,
635
,
645
,
793
,
1088–89
,
1096
,
1097
,
1098
,
1102
,
1105
Rumania,
283
,
399–400
,
530
,
626
,
799
,
817
,
823
,
824
,
909
; relations with France, Britain,
295
,
426–27
,
469
,
495
; policy toward U.S.S.R.,
478
,
495
,
534
,
538
fn
.; Hungary takes Transylvania from,
800–1
; Nazi–Soviet struggle for control of,
541
,
609
,
610
,
632
,
794
,
795
,
797
,
800–1
,
803–8
,
810
,
811
,
815
,
817
,
820
,
822
,
823
,
839
,
842
,
845
,
847
,
858
; Nazi driven out by Red Army,
1007
,
1085
,
1098
Rumanian Army,
869
,
911
,
915
,
926
,
928
,
932
Runciman, Lord,
376–77
,
386
,
388–89
,
392
,
416
Rundfunkhaus,
see
Broadcasting House
Rundstedt, Field Marshal Gerd von,
165
,
293
,
355
,
747
,
757
fn
.; relieved of commands (four times),
318–19
,
861
,
865
,
903
fn
.,
1041
,
1099
; in Polish invasion,
488
,
497
; in Battle of France,
718
,
726
,
731–34
; named Field Marshal,
755
fn
.; Britain invasion plan,
761
,
762
; Russian campaign,
830
,
853
,
855
,
858–61
,
865
,
903
fn
.; and anti-Hitler plotters,
906
,
1030
,
1032
; C. in C. West,
906
,
918
,
922
,
923
,
1036–41
,
1086
,
1087
,
1089–91
,
1094
; sacked again,
1099
Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria,
46
fn
.,
63
,
67
,
72–73
,
371
Russian Air Force,
502
fn
.,
855
,
926
,
1053
,
1100
Russian Army,
502
fn
.,
534
,
797
,
810
,
811
,
822
; invades Poland,
627
,
628
; attacks Finland,
675
(
see also
Finland; Russo–Finnish War); seizes Baltic States,
794
; takes over Bessarabia, Bucovina,
795
; war with Germany,
852
,
854
,
855
,
857
,
859–60
,
862–65
,
869
,
886
,
909
,
915
,
939
,
973
,
1000
,
1006–7
,
1033
,
1036
,
1041
,
1042
,
1046
,
1085
,
1090
,
1096
,
1097
,
1105
,
1107
,
1120
; at Stalingrad,
915
,
922
,
926–33
; meets Americans at Elbe,
1106
,
1107
,
1112
; Battle of Berlin,
1106
,
1108
,
1112
,
1117
,
1118
,
1129
,
1130
,
1132
,
1134–36
Russo–Finnish War,
665–66
,
668–69
,
675
,
676
,
682
,
683
Russo-Japanese neutrality pact,
876–77
Rzhev,
868
S.A. (Sturmabteilung, storm troopers or Brownshirts),
3
,
4–5
,
143
,
146–48
,
154
,
159–60
,
167
,
169
,
176
,
183
,
190
,
191
,
192
,
194
,
195
,
199
,
202
fn
.,
237
,
249
,
263
,
270
,
271
,
273
,
1081
; beginnings of,
38
,
42–43
,
49
; and Beer Hall Putsch,
66–71
; conflict with Army,
120
,
143
,
204–8
,
213–16
,
226
,
317
; Bruening’s ban on,
160–65
; Hitler’s suppression of,
215
,
217
,
219–26
; role in Austrian Anschluss,
327
,
351
Saalfelden,
529
fn
.
Saar,
283
,
286
,
568
,
569
,
738
,
1095
,
1101
Sachsenhausen,
238
,
239
,
270
,
272
,
352
,
655
Sack, Dr. Carl,
140
Saefkow, Anton,
1044
St.-Germain,
1077
St-Hardouin, Jacques Tarbé de,
506
St.-Lô,
1076
St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Vienna,
19
,
338
,
350
St. Wolfgang,
509
Sakhalin,
809
Salerno,
1002
Salonika,
823
Salzburg,
8
,
27
fn
.,
325
,
330
,
333
,
337
,
348
,
350
,
509
,
546
,
552
,
910–11
,
928
,
995
Sammler, Rudolf,
1064
fn
.
Sandomierz,
626
Sanger, Margaret,
241
San Remo,
440
Santayana, George,
100
Sarajevo,
826
Sardinia,
1003
