Nazism

The term Nazi is a shortened form of the German word Nationalsozialist (English: National Socialist), referring to the members and supporters of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, or NSDAP). The party, led by Adolf Hitler, rose to power in Germany during the 1930s and established a totalitarian regime that lasted until 1945. The Nazi regime is infamous for its genocidal policies, particularly the Holocaust, during which six million Jews were systematically murdered. The term is also used to describe the ideology of Nazism, which is characterized by authoritarianism, ultranationalism, racism, antisemitism, and a dictatorial one-party state. In Hebrew, the term is translated as נאצי (Natsi), and in other languages, it is often similarly abbreviated, such as Nazi in French, Spanish, and Italian, and Natsist in Russian.