So Hitler dies in 1939, assassination at a rally. Rudolph Hess is the deputy reichsführer, but no one trusts the man to be in charge of the party, let alone the nation. Though Göring is the most likely successor, there is infighting in the party over who takes control. Hitler's personality is the only thing that kept the different factions in the party together, and the Reich is not particularly stable. As a result, the government collapses and as Germany is still technically a republic, new elections are held. The military forces the Nazi party to comply, as they are not personally beholden to any one person anymore. They also force the party to back off of vote tampering and as no one is impressed with the Nazis after the public fighting for control of the party, they have lost the public's respect. The SPD wins a majority and is able to form a coalition, relegating the Nazis to minority status.
So, war is avoided, Germany holds onto the Sudeten, Austria, Silesia, and East Prussia while maintaining control over the Czech rump state. The Soviets don't invade and Stalin dies a quiet death.
2009:
The Soviet Union is still around having never suffered so badly during the war. German is signficantly bigger, larger than France and still holds on to central Europe.
What are the economies of the Central and Eastern European states going to look like? Where is the balance of power going to lie?
Germany still