Nazism, formally named National Socialism (NS), is the far-right totalitarian ideology associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany. During Hitler's rise to power, it was frequently called Hitlerism. Nazism is a form of fascism, with an emphasis on pseudo-scientific theories of a racial hierarchy of ethnic Germans as part of an alleged Nordic Aryan master race. The term "neo-Nazism" is applied to far-right groups formed after World War II with a similar ideology.
Nazism opposes liberal democracy and the parliamentary system. It advocates dictatorship, fervent antisemitism, anti-communism, anti-Slavism, anti-Romani sentiment, scientific racism, anti-Chinese sentiment, white supremacy, Nordicism, social Darwinism, homophobia, ableism, and eugenics. The Nazis sought to o...
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French diplomat, writer and philosopher Arthur de Gobineau (1816-1882)
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Displacement of Poles from Greater Poland in 1939.
Photographer: Holtfreter
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Cover of the Nazi propaganda brochure "Der Untermensch" (The Subhuman)
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topography in Europe, map
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Golden Nazi Party Badge
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1938 portrait photograph of Adolf Hitler
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