Nazi

A Nazi is a member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, a far-right political party that ruled Germany from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler. The party is historically responsible for the Holocaust and initiating World War II.

Why it’s in the news: The term is in the news due to ongoing investigations into historical crimes, the political activities of neo-Nazis in the present day, and efforts to combat the glorification of Nazi history.

Latest on Nazi

• German neo-Nazi suspected of deadly 1970 fire at Jewish retirement home
• U.K. mansion where ‘listeners’ spied on Nazi generals becomes museum
• UK Conservatives defend picking former neo-Nazi as election candidate
• Hitler’s Austrian birthplace reopens as a police station to deter neo-Nazis
• Police station opens at Hitler's birthplace in bid to rid site of Nazi link
• Austria hopes Hitler’s birth house won’t lure Nazi pilgrims after €20 million rebuild

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