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NAZI (7)
NAZI (7)
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of or concerning the National
Socialist
German
Workers'
Party
which, in 1933, seized political
control
of
Germany
under the
leadership
of Adolf
Hitler
(1889 - 1945). In
alliance
with
Italy
and, later, Japan,
Nazi
-controlled
Germany
entered into a large-
scale
war
with many other nations of the
world
, which came to be called
World War II
. The
Nazi party
was officially abolished in 1945 at the
conclusion
of the
war
.
Nazi
comes from the
German
word
Nazi
(onalsozialist).
See also
Hitler
and
World War II
in this glossary.
—
Melbourne
Congress
Approved Glossary (2.4.92)