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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 from 1933 to 1945. In so far as the party had a coherent programme it consisted of opposition to democracy and a fascist belief in a one party state. It claimed that a pure Aryan race existed and promulgated ANTI-SEMITISM, allied itself to the old Prussian military tradition, and encouraged an extreme sense of nationalism, inflamed by hatred of the humiliating terms inflicted on Germany in the VERSAILLES PEACE SETTLEMENT. The Nazi's declared their views were supported by the racist theories of the Comte de GOBINEAU, the national fervour of Heinrich von Treitschke, and the superman theories of Friedrich Nietzsche. Nazi beliefs were given dogmatic expression in Hitler's Mein Kampf (1925). The success of the Nazis in dominating completely what had previously been regarded as a civilized country is to some extent explained by the widespread desperation of Germans over the failure of the WEIMAR REPUBLIC governments to solve economic problems and by a growing fear of BOLSHEVIK power. Through Hitler's oratory, Germans in the 1930s appeared to accept his pronouncements, despite their lack of logic and rationality. Only after Hitler had obtained power by constitutional means was the THIRD REICH established. Rival parties were banned, and the army, industry, and the banks supported Hitler in his mission to launch Germany on a war of conquest. By now virtually the whole German nation supported him, his few opponents were either murdered or frightened into acquiescence. Over six million Jews, Russians, Poles, gypsies, homosexuals, disabled people, and others were incarcerated and exterminated in German CONCENTRATION CAMPS. The German Nazi Party was disbanded in 1945 after it had led Germany into a humiliating defeat, and its revival was officially forbidden by the Federal Republic of Germany. Worldwide revulsion at German policies of genocide and the enormous burden of guilt borne by the German people for their enthusiastic participation in Hitler's monstrous plans have ensured that Nazism has disappeared from mainstream politics, although occasional resurgences do occur in extreme right-wing fringes.
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"Nazi." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Nazi." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-Nazi.html "Nazi." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-Nazi.html |
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Nazi Party (NSDAP/ Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei)
Nazi Party (NSDAP/ Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei) A Fascist party founded by Anton Drexler (b. 1884, d. 1942) as the German Workers' Party on 5 January 1919, it was renamed the National Socialist German Workers' Party in 1920. The following year, Hitler took over as party leader and subsequently led it according to the Führerprinzip, whereby all authority came from the führer (leader), so that the whole party was organized hierarchically, from top to bottom. In the same way, the party derived its ideology entirely from Hitler's speeches and his book Mein Kampf. Banned after the abortive Hitler Putsch in 1923, the party was refounded in 1925. It was unable to make substantial gains in the following years during the relative stability of the Stresemann era, but in the severe economic crisis which resulted in a total of 3.2 million unemployed by January 1930, many desperate Germans chose to ignore the negative aspects of the party and were drawn by its positive message of renewal and strength.
The success of the Nazi Party, as opposed to other radical right-wing groups with similar ideas, was the result less of its ideology than of the outstanding quality of Hitler's mesmerizing oratory, and of Goebbels's innovative propaganda. Following the worsening of the crisis, which led to an increase in unemployment to six million by January 1932, the party more than doubled its vote to become the largest party in the elections of July and November 1932. When Hitler refused to take any other political office except the Chancellorship, many in the party rank and file who were looking for change became impatient. This tactic lost some votes in the elections on 6 November 1932, but thanks to President Hindenburg's right-wing advisers it paid off when Hitler was finally appointed Chancellor on 30 January 1933. By 5 July 1933 all other parties had been disbanded. Throughout the next twelve years increasing pressure was exercised to encourage Nazi membership, so that by 1945 more than eight million people had joined. Nevertheless, the party's true popularity has been a subject of intense historical controversy, as individual members' motives for joining were diverse and not always ideological. What is clear is that the Nazi party's support was always lower than, and often distinct from, the widespread adulation for Hitler himself. The party was dissolved and banned in 1945. |
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JAN PALMOWSKI. "Nazi Party (NSDAP/ Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei)." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAN PALMOWSKI. "Nazi Party (NSDAP/ Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei)." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-NzPrtyNSDPNtnlszlstschDts.html JAN PALMOWSKI. "Nazi Party (NSDAP/ Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei)." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-NzPrtyNSDPNtnlszlstschDts.html |
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Nazi
Na·zi / ˈnätsē/ • n. (pl. Na·zis ) hist. a member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party. ∎ a member of an organization with similar ideology. ∎ derog. a person who holds and acts brutally in accordance with extreme racist or authoritarian views. • adj. of or concerning the Nazis or Nazism. DERIVATIVES: Na·zi·dom / -dəm/ n. Na·zi·fy / ˈnätsiˌfī/ v. (-fies, -fied) . Na·zi·ism / -ˌizəm/ n. Na·zism / ˈnätˌsizəm/ n. |
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"Nazi." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Nazi." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-nazi.html "Nazi." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-nazi.html |
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Nazi
Nazi a member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, formed in Munich after the First World War. It advocated right-wing authoritarian nationalist government, and developed a racist ideology based on anti-Semitism and a belief in the superiority of ‘Aryan’ Germans. Its leader, Adolf Hitler, who was elected Chancellor in 1933, established a totalitarian dictatorship, rearmed Germany in support of expansionist foreign policies in central Europe, and so precipitated the Second World War.
Nazi salute a gesture or salute in which the right arm is inclined upwards, with the hand open and the palm down. |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Nazi." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Nazi." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Nazi.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Nazi." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Nazi.html |
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Nazi
Nazi a member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party(NSDAP), Adolf Hitler's political party.
adj.of or about the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP). a contraction of the first word of the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei. |
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"Nazi." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Nazi." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-Nazi.html "Nazi." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-Nazi.html |
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I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "Nazi." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "Nazi." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O129-Nazi.html I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "Nazi." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O129-Nazi.html |
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Nazi
Nazi (member) of German National Socialist party. XX. repr. pronunc. of Nati- in G. Nationalsozialist
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T. F. HOAD. "Nazi." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "Nazi." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-Nazi.html T. F. HOAD. "Nazi." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-Nazi.html |
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Nazi
Nazi see National Socialism . |
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"Nazi." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Nazi." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-Nazi.html "Nazi." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-Nazi.html |
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Nazi
Nazi •bassi, Brassey, brassie, chassis, gassy, Haile Selassie, lassie, Malagasy, Manasseh, massé, massy, sassy, Tallahassee
•Cotopaxi, maxi, taxi, waxy
•Anglesey
•antsy, Clancy, fancy, Nancy
•paparazzi, patsy
•Yangtze • necromancy • cartomancy
•geomancy • bibliomancy
•chiromancy • ataraxy
•Adivasi, brassy, classy, dalasi, Darcy, farcy, Farsi, glassy, grassy
•chancy • ardency • Nazi
•Bessie, Crécy, dressy, Jessie, messy, Nessie, tressy
•prexy, sexy
•Chelsea, Elsie
•Dempsey • Montmorency
•discrepancy • incessancy
•Betsy, tsetse
•epilepsy • narcolepsy • nympholepsy
•apoplexy • catalepsy
•Basie, Casey, Gracie, lacy, O'Casey, pace, pacy, precis, racy, spacey, Stacey, Sulawesi, Tracy
•cadency • complacency
•blatancy, patency
•Assisi, fleecy, greasy, Tbilisi
•decency
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"Nazi." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Nazi." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Nazi.html "Nazi." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Nazi.html |
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Nazi
Nazi (ˈnaːtsɪ) Nationalsozialisten (German: National Socialist)
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FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "Nazi." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "Nazi." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O25-Nazi.html FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "Nazi." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O25-Nazi.html |
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