Nazism
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Illustration: Cover of the catalogue of the Nazi "Degenerate Art Exhibition" (1937). The exhibition was held to defame modern and Jewish artists. On the cover is Der Neue Mensch sculpture by Otto Freundlich.
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Nazism or Naziism, officially called National Socialism (German: Nationalsozialismus), refers primarily to the totalitarian ideology and practices of the Nazi Party (National Socialist German Workers' Party, German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP) under Adolf Hitler. It also refers to the policies adopted by the government of Germany 1933 to 1945, a period in German history known as Nazi Germany or the "Third Reich".
Romanticism and Nazism
German Romanticism and the völkisch ideologies were influential in the development of Nazism. Authors such as Thomas Mann and Georg Lukács have advanced the thesis of romanticism as the intellectual parent of Nazism (Rereading Romanticism).
See also
- 1940s subcultures
- Anti-capitalism
- Anti-communism
- Antisemitism
- Consequences of German Nazism
- Degenerate art
- Degenerate music
- Denazification
- Fascism
- Fascism and ideology
- Final Solution
- Functionalism versus intentionalism
- German nationalism
- Holocaust
- Nationalism
- Nazi exploitation
- Nazi Germany
- Nazi occultism
- Neo-Nazism
- New Order (Nazism)
- Racism
- Weimar culture
- Women in the Third Reich
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