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Nazism

Nazism or National Socialism refers to the racist, antisemitic brand of fascism of the NSDAP regime in Germany. Adolf Hitler's Nazis came to power in 1933, ruling until 1945.

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People in civilian clothes leaning on and through two stretches of gray bars at an angle to each other.

People in civilian clothes leaning on and through two stretches of gray bars at an angle to each other.

Syria's secret services tactics echo Nazis, Stasi methods

Syria's secret services tactics echo Nazis, Stasi methods

The former dictatorship appears to have been shaped by Nazi war criminals who fled abroad and the East German Stasi.

Ralf Siepmann, Journalist and author

Ralf Siepmann, Journalist and author

Germany remembers Nazi genocide of Sinti, Roma with culture

Germany remembers Nazi genocide of Sinti, Roma with culture

Across Germany, cultural events have commemorated the Sinti and Roma who were murdered by the Nazis.

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Videostill | Tomorrow Today | Soulfood

What does the Enlightenment have to do with racism?

What does the Enlightenment have to do with racism?

Freedom and equality on the one hand, exploitation on the other – racial theories from the Enlightenment to the present.

A black-and-white portrait of Thomas Mann.

A black-and-white portrait of Thomas Mann.

Why Thomas Mann's 'Magic Mountain' resonates 100 years later

Why Thomas Mann's 'Magic Mountain' resonates 100 years later

A divided society, existential fears and the specter of war: Thomas Mann's masterpiece remains frighteningly relevant.

A group of Jewish men marching down a street, the two in the front have a large yellow star tied to them. Men in uniform walk in front of and alongside them

A group of Jewish men marching down a street, the two in the front have a large yellow star tied to them. Men in uniform walk in front of and alongside them

November 9 pogroms showed coming Nazi brutality

November 9 pogroms showed coming Nazi brutality

On the night of November 9, 1938, Nazis and mobs sympathetic to them carried out pogroms against Jews in plain sight.

Fire engulfs Berlin's Eberswalde Synagogue on November 9, 1938

Fire engulfs Berlin's Eberswalde Synagogue on November 9, 1938

'Kristallnacht' not strong enough term for anti-Jewish riots

'Kristallnacht' not strong enough term for anti-Jewish riots

In Germany, the term "Kristallnacht" is falling out of favor when referring to the violent events of November 9, 1938.

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Esso Hamburg

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Brazil: Illegal salvage from Nazi ships poses oil threat

Brazilian researchers have warned that the hunt for raw materials in old wartime shipwrecks could cause oil spills.

Six Der Spiegel magazine covers featuring Hitler

Six Der Spiegel magazine covers featuring Hitler

'After Hitler': Changing German views of Nazism

From secret adoration to loud dismay, Germans have reconciled the Nazi past in very different ways across 80 years.

black and white photo of a man casting his ballot in the polling station at Frankfurt train station

black and white photo of a man casting his ballot in the polling station at Frankfurt train station

Germany remembers its first post-WWII national election

In 1949, four years after the end of dictatorship and war, Germans could once again elect a democratic parliament.

Heads of people carrying red flags and a VVN federation flag with a red triangle and blue stripes in Buchenwald

Heads of people carrying red flags and a VVN federation flag with a red triangle and blue stripes in Buchenwald

Red triangle symbol: Germany debating a ban

Once worn by political prisoners in Nazi camps, the symbol has recently been associated with Hamas.

Black-and-white photo of three men with arms behind barricades

Black-and-white photo of three men with arms behind barricades

Poland commemorates 80 years since Warsaw Uprising

The crushed Warsaw Uprising and Nazi war crimes continue to dog Polish-German relations today.

Part of a memorial in Berlin, the words Lublin and Majdanek are written on stone and there is grass

Part of a memorial in Berlin, the words Lublin and Majdanek are written on stone and there is grass

80 years on: Marking the liberation of Majdanek Nazi camp

Majdanek in Poland was the first Nazi concentration camp to be liberated, almost a year before the end of World War II.

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