Nazis

**The Nazis** also known as the **Nazi Party**, **National Socialist German Workers' Party**, **NSDAP** (**Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei**) or the **Third Reich** (German: The Third Empire) are an evil far-right political organization from real-world history.

## Description

The Nazis are a hateful political group which established a fascist regime in Germany. Using institutionalized anti-semitism, racism (particularly against Romani peoples), homophobia and ableism, the nazis mongered off of fear and hatred. They rationalized said bigotry via pseudo-science (often in the form of eugenics), pseudo history, militaristic propaganda, religious piousness and government controlled information distribution.

The prejudice which the nazis profiteered off of channeled itself in the Holocaust, an atrocious event in world history when Jewish and Romani peoples were monitored, arrested and forced into death-camps. Said death-camps also involved systemic quantities of homophobia, transphobia, misogyny and ableism with roughly six million jewish people having been executed. The hunting of victims within Germany was controlled by the secret-police known as the Gestapo.

Nazi Germany was a fascist state controlled by a führer (German: Leader), the only one of which in history was the dictator Adolph Hitler. Despite claiming to be a socialist party, the nazis had little-to-no actual socialist ideals. In addition to this, Nazi ideology tended to hold a great hatred for communism and communist governments. The intent of Nazi Germany was to expand and conquer the globe and their own hateful regime. While Nazi Germany is extinct, nazism and nazi ideology was never limited to the nazis even during there time and since their time has tragically expanded.

## Appearances and allusions

### Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular!

The nazis used to be directly alluded to in this attraction via their swastika appearing on costumes and vehicles used to represent the villains. These references were removed in the 2000s and replaced with a more generic symbol made to evoke the swastika.

### In other media

#### Film

##### Bedknobs & Broomsticks

This film takes place in the August of 1940 in the small English town of Pepperinge Eye which the Nazis attempt to invade. They are however warded off by witch Eglantine Price who uses a spell to create an army of animated suits of armour to defeat them.

##### Indiana Jones films

The nazis are recurring antagonists in the Indiana Jones franchise, often pursuing mythical artifacts to use as weapons.

##### The Rocketeer

The nazis are the antagonist force in this film with the main-antagonist being nazi spy Neville Sinclair.

#### Printed-materials

##### Before Tomorrowland

In this book, Plus-Ultra member Werner Rotwang defected to the Nazi Party who intended on taking over Plus Ultra.

## Connections

### Indiana Jones

#### Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden Eye

René Belloq is referenced in the queue in a message sent by Indiana Jones to Sallah, saying he was in the Lost Delta around the *Temple of the Forbidden Eye* during Jones' excavation there in 1936.

#### Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar

There are many allusions in this bar to nazi agents from the Indiana Jones franchise such as Walter Donovan, Elsa Schneider, and Belloq. Adventures in fighting the nazis are also referenced throughout the bar.

### Marvel Comics

#### Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission Breakout!

A WWII era nazi helmet used by HYDRA appears in the Collector's office as part of his collection.

#### Stark Expo

The Nazi loyalist organization HYDRA and nazi scientist Arnim Zola serve as antagonists in the Iron Man Experience and in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Nano-Battle!.

#### Super Hero Headquarters

This shop is themed to being an outpost for SHIELD in the town of Disney Springs, Florida. It is unclear whether this is the incarnation of SHIELD ruled by HYDRA or succeeded by it, however. In the shop are wanted posters for HYDRA, Johann Schmidt, and a screen showing a list of known HYDRA bases (in addition to SHIELD bases).

### Rocket to the Moon

In real-life, the Moonliner rocket was designed by Wernher von Braun (1912-1977) who worked for Nazi Germany's rocket development program during World War II.

## References

1. ↑ https://nerdist.com/article/36-easter-eggs-in-the-guardians-of-the-galaxy-ride-queue/
2. ↑ https://insidethemagic.net/2015/05/marvel-mania-comes-to-downtown-disney-with-super-hero-headquarters-store-opening/