Nazi


Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Acronyms, Idioms, Wikipedia.

Nazi

a member of the fascist National Socialist German Workers' Party, which was founded in 1919 and seized political control in Germany in 1933 under the Austrian-born German dictator Adolf Hitler (1889--1945)
Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

Nazi

Nazionalsozialist; rabid anti-Semite member of Hitler’s party. [Ger. Hist.: Shirer]
See: Bigotry

Nazi

Jew-baiting, murderous Aryan supremacist under Hitler. [Ger. Hist.: Shirer]
See: Brutality
Allusions—Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
References in periodicals archive ?
* Most of the world was unaware of what the Nazis were doing in the concentration camps.
Comparisons trivialize horrors of Nazis
"Using Nazi symbols is a despicable act of offense against the victims of the Holocaust.
Taipei Jewish Center responds to controversy over Nazi flags in betel nut shop
In the series of clips, Hitler can be seen enjoying Christmas dinner - surrounded by children - while other Nazi leaders, Herman Goring and Josef Goebbels, laugh and hand out gifts.
How Hitler and the Nazi party celebrated Christmas revealed in chilling footage; The disturbing clips show children singing carols under a Christmas tree decorated with Swastikas
The revelation that she had worked for the BND spy agency could add to public introspection over the tolerance of some Nazis after World War II.
German Spy Agency Admits Employing Himmler's Daughter in 1960s
Hans-Christian Jasch, a German lawyer and Government Councilor in the German Federal Ministry of the Interior, investigates Nazi lawyer Wilhelm
The Law in Nazi Germany: Ideology, Opportunism, and the Perversion of Justice
12 ( ANI ): More than half of Austria's population think it highly likely that the Nazis would be elected if they were readmitted as a party, an opinion poll has revealed.
Majority of Austrians think Nazis would be electable if party rejoined politics
The basic thesis of the book is that Nazi Germany, with the assistance of its Arab collaborators, attempted to equate Nazi ideology, and especially extreme antisemitism, with some selected radical traditions of Islam such as a holy war to crush the Jews who were portrayed as out to conquer the Arab world and to destroy Islam.
Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World
This University of Maryland history professor uses a qualitative and descriptive methodology to describe Nazi propaganda aimed at Arabs and the Middle East.
Herf, Jeffrey, Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World

Encyclopedia browser ?
Full browser ?