Nazism

Definition of Nazism

The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Nazism: The political doctrine of the National Socialist Party of Germany led by Adolf Hitler who became Chancellor of Germany in 1933 and who assumed absolute dictatorial power until the defeat of Germany in 1945 at the end of World War 11. Nazism is chiefly remembered for its ideology of racial purity and of the superiority of the so-called Aryan race. This ideology resulted in the conquest and destruction of much of Europe and its peoples and the mass murder of political opponents and those judged inferior or deviant. The greatest Nazi crimes were committed against the Jews of Europe on whom the Nazis unleashed a Holocaust of systematic mass killing, claiming six million victims, in the name of ‘racial purification’.

Nazism: Resources

Notes and References

• Drislane, R., & Parkinson, G. (2016). (Concept of) Nazism. Online dictionary of the social sciences. Open University of Canada