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Nationalsozialismus

Nationalsozialismus, or Nazism, is the political doctrine and movement associated with the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP) in Germany from the 1920s until 1945. It combined ultranationalism, racial hierarchy, antisemitism, anti-communism, and a totalitarian project under a single party and leader.

Rise to power and state structure: The NSDAP grew in the interwar period and, upon taking power

Core policies: The regime promoted a racialized ideology privileging 'Aryan' supremacy, pursued aggressive expansion (Lebensraum) in

Socioeconomic and cultural control: Education, media, and institutions were reorganized to support nationalist and militarist aims;

End and legacy: World War II resulted from Nazi aggression, leading to massive devastation and the deaths

in
1933
under
Adolf
Hitler,
established
a
dictatorship.
The
Enabling
Act,
Gleichschaltung,
and
suppression
of
opposition
dismantled
democracy
and
created
a
centralized
regime
with
the
Führerprinzip,
the
SS,
the
Gestapo,
and
a
state-controlled
propaganda
apparatus.
Europe,
and
pursued
antisemitic
laws
and
violence
culminating
in
the
Holocaust
and
genocide
of
Jews
and
other
groups.
political
opposition,
trade
unions,
and
civil
liberties
were
eliminated
or
subordinated;
mass
mobilization
and
paramilitary
groups
embedded
the
state's
authority.
of
tens
of
millions.
The
regime
collapsed
in
1945;
Allied
occupation,
denazification,
and
trials
sought
accountability.
Nazism
is
universally
repudiated
and
studied
as
a
dangerous
example
of
totalitarian
ideology
and
genocide.