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Nazism (/ˈnaːtsɪzᵊm/, alternatively spelled Naziism), or
National Socialism (
German: Nationalsozialismus), is the ideology and practice of the
German Nazi Party and state. It is sometimes applied to other far-right groups. Usually characterised as a form of fascism that incorporates scientific racism and antisemitism, Nazism arose from pan-Germanism, the Völkisch
German nationalist movement and the anti-communist Freikorps after
World War I.
Nazism subscribed to theories of racial hierarchy and social Darwinism.
Germanic peoples (called the
Nordic race) were depicted as true "Aryans", and the "master race". Opposed to both capitalism and
Marxism, it aimed to overcome social divisions, with all parts of a homogeneous society seeking national unity, and what it viewed as historically German territory as well as additional lands for expansion.
The term "National Socialism" arose out of attempts to create a nationalist redefinition of "socialism", as an alternative to both internationalist
Marxist socialism and free market capitalism. The Nazis sought to achieve this by a "people's community" (Volksgemeinschaft) with the aim of uniting all
Germans as national comrades, whilst excluding those deemed either to be community aliens or of a foreign race (Fremdvölkische). It rejected the Marxist concept of class struggle, opposed ideas of equality and international solidarity, and sought to defend private property.
The Nazi Party was founded as the pan-German nationalist and antisemitic
German Workers' Party on 5
January 1919. By the early
1920s,
Adolf Hitler assumed control of the organisation, renamed the
National Socialist German Workers' Party (
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei;
NSDAP) to broaden its appeal.
The National Socialist
Program, adopted in
1920, called for a united
Greater Germany that would deny citizenship to
Jews or those of
Jewish descent, while also supporting land reform and the nationalisation of some industries. In
Mein Kampf, written in 1924,
Hitler outlined his antisemitism and anti-communism at the heart of his political philosophy, as well as his disdain for parliamentary democracy and his belief in
Germany’s right to territorial expansion.
In 1933, with the support of more conservative elites, Hitler became
Chancellor of Germany and the Nazis gradually established a one-party state, under which Jews, political opponents and other "undesirables" elements were marginalised, with several millions eventually imprisoned and killed. Hitler purged the party’s more socially and economically radical factions in the mid-1934
Night of the Long Knives and, after the death of
President Hindenburg, political power was concentrated in his hands, as Führer or "leader".
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