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Erich Honecker
Erich Honecker , 1912-94, East German political leader. From a Communist family, Honecker was imprisoned by the Nazis for 10 years for party activities. After the war he joined Walter Ulbricht's Socialist Unity (Communist) party and rose in the East German party bureaucracy. He joined the secretaria... Read more
Julius Streicher
Julius Streicher , 1885-1946, German National Socialist (Nazi) leader. An early party member, originally a schoolteacher, he aired his sadistic and anti-Semitic mania in his periodical, Der Stürmer. Streicher was also the host of the yearly Nazi party congresses at Nuremberg and, after 1933, ... Read more
Labour party
Labour party British political party, one of the two dominant parties in Great Britain since World War I. Origins The Labour party was founded in 1900 after several generations of preparatory trade union politics made possible by the Reform Bills of 1867 and 1884, which enfranchised urban... Read more
Conservative party
Conservative party British political party, formally the Conservative and Unionist party and a continuation of the historic Tory party. The Rise of the Conservative Party The name "conservative" was used by George Canning as early as 1824 and was first popularized by John Wilson Cro... Read more
Communist party
Communist party in the United States, political party that espoused the Marxist-Leninist principles of communism . Origins The first Communist parties in the United States were founded in 1919 by dissident factions of the Socialist party. The larger, which called itself the Communist par... Read more
Eduard Bernstein
Eduard Bernstein , 1850-1932, German socialist. From 1872 he was actively associated with the Social Democratic party. In 1878, antisocialist legislation sent him into exile. In 1898, he aroused controversy among German socialists by critiquing Marxism, denying that the collapse of capitalism was im... Read more
Social Democratic party
Social Democratic party (SDP), former British political party founded in 1981 to offer a centrist alternative to the more extreme positions of the then ruling Conservative party on the right and the opposition Labour party on the left. The SDP began with the defection of 12 Labour members of Pa... Read more
Heinrich Himmler
Heinrich Himmler , 1900-1945, German Nazi leader. An early member of the National Socialist German Workers' (Nazi) party, Himmler took part in Adolf Hitler's "beer-hall putsch" of 1923, and in 1929 Hitler appointed him head of the SS, or Schutzstaffel, the party's black-shirted elite corps. ... Read more
Nazi
Nazi A member of the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or National Socialist German Workers' Party. It was founded in 1919 as the German Workers' Party by a Munich locksmith, Anton Drexler, adopted its new name in 1920, and was taken over by HITLER in 1921. The Nazis dominated Germany... Read more
Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats British political party created in 1988 by the merger of the Liberal party with the Social Democratic party ; the party was initially called the Social and Liberal Democratic party. The Social Democratic party, which was formed in 1981 by politically centrist members of the La... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Nazi Party"

Nazi-Soviet Pact of 1939
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History NAZI-SOVIET PACT OF 1939 The Nazi-Soviet Pact is the name given to the...became involved in a war with a third party. They further agreed not to participate...committed aggression against a third party, was missing. The agreement was for a... Read more
Nazi
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II Nazi, acronym formed from NAtionalsoZIalist , the first word of the official title of Hitler's party, the Nationalsozialistische deutsche Arbeiterpartei, or NSDAP (National Socialist German Workers' Party), which was founded in 1919. See Germany , 3. Read more
Communist Party
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History Communist Party. The first Communist Party of Ireland was formed in October 1921, when members of the Socialist Party of Ireland, formed in 1917 and led by Roddy Connolly (son...Re‐established in 1933, it dissolved following the Nazi invasion of Russia in 1941. It was revived in 1948 as the ... Read more
Communist Party Cases
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law COMMUNIST PARTY CASES The Communist Party Cases were a series of cases during the 1950s in which the federal government prosecuted Communist Party members for conspiring and organizing the party to advocate the overthrow of the U.S government by force...and Eastern Europe, after having liberated ... Read more
Communist Party—USA
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...to unify by the Communist International, the Communist Party–USA (CPUSA) spent the 1920s as a marginal force...Finnish, Slavic, and Eastern European Jewish immigrants, the party was torn by factional warfare between Charles Ruthenberg...mediation culminated in 1929 with Lovestone's deposition as ... Read more
Communist party
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...World Congress (1928). The party was renamed the Communist party of the United States of America. This era, called the Third...national, not a racial, minority. The adoption of the new party line coincided with the beginning of the depression of...membership and some success in organizing the unemployed, ... Read more
Conservative party
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...tariff reform, including imperial preference, split the party, which lost (1906) to the Liberals. Conservatives were...the coalition government during World War I. The Dominant Party In 1922 the Conservatives refused to continue the coalition...the polls. With the Liberals in decline and the Labour party ... Read more
Labour party
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...foreign affairs, the ministry recognized the USSR. The party was turned out of office in Oct., 1924, in an election...the Labour leaders who joined him were expelled from the party. Heavily defeated in the election of 1931, the Labour party moved slightly to the left, advocating nationalization...Herbert ... Read more
Russian National Unity Party
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...and conferred mystical powers on party members. Though Party membership probably never exceeded ten thousand, local...regions. In some cities sympathetic local officials allowed party detachments to operate as informal druzhiniki (volunteer...against ethnic minorities. In the few instances in which the ... Read more
Alois Brunner
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Alois Brunner Nazi German officer Alois Brunner (born 1912) helped engineer the Nazi destruction of European Jews, sending over 125,000 people...Captain Alois Brunner served Adolf Eichmann in organizing the Nazi destruction of European Jews. Eichmann called Brunner "one...Rohrbrunn, Austria, on April 8, ... Read more

Dictionary entries related to "Nazi Party"

Nazi Party (NSDAP/ Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei)
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History Nazi Party (NSDAP/ Nationalsozialistische Deutsche...renewal and strength. The success of the Nazi Party, as opposed to other radical right-wing...always ideological. What is clear is that the Nazi party's support was always lower than, and often... Read more
Nazi
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Nazi A member of the Nationalsozialistische...Socialist German Workers' Party. It was founded in 1919...fascist belief in a one party state. It claimed that a...VERSAILLES PEACE SETTLEMENT . The Nazi's declared their views were...CONCENTRATION CAMPS . The German Nazi Party was disbanded ... Read more
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Nazi-Soviet Pact (23 August 1939) A military agreement...two countries and pledged neutrality by either party if the other were attacked by a third party. Each signatory promised not to join any grouping...x201C;directly or indirectly aimed at the other party”. The pact also contained secret ... Read more
Nazi architecture
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Nazi architecture. Architecture of the Hitlerian Third...emphasized that the National Socialist German Workers' Party had a pluralistic attitude to architecture, and...would conform to local vernacular traditions; Party schools and buildings around ‘Party Forums’, or squares for ... Read more
National Socialist German Workers' Party
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History National Socialist German Workers' Party, see Nazi Party Read more
Liberal Party, Germany
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History Liberal Party, Germany Even though the heyday of German...However, under Stresemann the latter party soon came to accept the Weimar Republic...the foundation of the success of the Nazi Party as disaffected liberals flocked to support...droves. In 1945, a Liberal Democratic Party was founded in ... Read more
Rosenberg, Alfred
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...Oct. 1946). Chief Nazi ideologist A refugee...Estonia, he joined the Nazi Party in 1919 and became editor of the party newspaper, the V...attempt to systematize a Nazi ideology, he published...development of the Nazi Party, and from 1941 to... Read more
degenerate art
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art ...correspond to the ideology of the Nazi party. Such art, which included most...German Art Exhibition’ of Nazi-approved art; this was thoroughly...works were sold at auction, Nazi officials helped themselves...had even been a member of the Nazi party. He protested in vain to ... Read more
Seyss-Inquart, Arthur
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...1892, d. 16 Oct. 1946). Austrian Nazi leader Born into the German minority...in close contact with the Austrian Nazi Party (National Socialists) from 1931...Austrian Fascists with the German Nazi Party . In February 1938 he was imposed... Read more
Hitler Youth
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Hitler Youth A NAZI agency to train young Germans. In 1931...Schirach was appointed Youth Leader of the Nazi Party. In 1936 HITLER outlawed all other youth...including sports and camping, and receive Nazi indoctrination. At 14 the boys were to...semi-military discipline, out-door activities, and ... Read more

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Pink swastika: homosexuality in the Nazi party.
Magazine article from: Catholic Insight; 1/1/1996; 700+ words ; ...Homosexuality in the Nazi Party By Scott Lively and...Homosexuality. Homosexual party members The evidence...homosexuals in the Nazi Party is overwhelming...national political party. Love of the Occult...German society. The Nazi movement was pagan... Read more
The American Nazi Party, 1958-1967.
Magazine article from: The Historian; 3/22/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...founder and leader of the American Nazi Party (ANP), was one of the most controversial...when Rockwell died that the American Nazi Party has no measurable political voice...and the illusion that the American Nazi Party was much larger than it actually... Read more
Nazis against litter.(No Comment)(American Nazi Party)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Progressive; 3/1/2005; 44 words ; The American Nazi Party is gathering trash in Oregon, and it is getting credit for public-mindedness. As part of the state's Adopt-a-Road program, the party is cleaning up a rural stretch. A sign acknowledges the work of the American Nazi Party and the National Socialists Movement. Read more
Nazi Germany.(National Socialist German Workers' party, 1933-1943)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication; 9/22/2000; 164 words ; * Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet...Socialist German Workers' (NAZI) party, which was founded in 1921...of Europe's problems. The Nazi party came to power in 1933, when...chancellor of Germany. The Nazi government's attempt to expand... Read more
Nazis in pre-war London, 1930-1939; the fate and role of German party members and British sympathizers.(book)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 11/1/2005; 116 words ; ...Nazis in pre-war London, 1930-1939; the fate and role of German party members and British sympathizers. Barnes, James J. and Patience...investigate German citizens in London who were members of the Nazi party before the war: who they were, what they were doing in London... Read more
NORWAY: LABOR OFFICIAL APOLOGIZES FOR "NAZI" REMARK, STANDS BY "RIGHTIST" ACCUSATIONS.(Labor's party secretary Martin Kolberg)(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 4/1/2003; 45 words ; Labor's party secretary Martin Kolberg has apologized for remarks he made linking the Bondevik-led coalition government with the Nazi era in Norway. But he is sticking to his accusation of Norwegian Thatcherism, a sharp swing to the right in the... Read more
Becoming a different man: inside Albert Speer. (Nazi Party member)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 5/8/1996; ; 700+ words ; ALBERT SPEER, the Nazi architect and minister of armaments, was sentenced at Nuremberg...he considered him more blameworthy than any of the other Nazi prisoners, both because of Speer's intelligence and because...accepted responsibility for it because he had been part of the Nazi regime. Indeed, he ... Read more
The SS version.(Books)(Schutzstaffel, a large security and military organization of the Nazi Party in Germany)(Les Bienveillantes)(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Quadrant; 6/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...giddily view events through the other end of the telescope. At one point, two Jews are hurried past so as not to disturb a garden party taking place alongside the Auschwitz camp fence. The shots that kill them are barely heard. So it is understandable that Les... Read more
Entertaining the Third Reich: Illusions of Wholeness in Nazi Cinema.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...Illusions of Wholeness in Nazi Cinema. By LINDA SCHULTE-SASSE...this book is a reminder that Nazi films are not expected to be...that the public did not want a party political diet of pictures of marching men. Many Nazi films therefore were specifically...Zoberlein was an out-and-out Nazi, ... Read more
Hitler's Austria; Popular Sentiment in the Nazi Era 1938-1945.(Review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Social History; 9/22/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...in a Greater Germany ruled by the Nazi party? In which way did economic recovery...monarchy and the traditions of the Nazi party in Austria and, in a rather far-fetched...distribution of power within the Nazi party, the delusions of certain Nazi factions... Read more