Is there any relation in etymology between the words Ashkenazi and Nazi? - Quora Quora You were redirected because this question was merged with Do Ashkenazi and Nazi share the same roots? Answer Wiki No. The full name of Adolf Hitler's party was Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (National Socialist German Workers' Party). The shorthand Nazi was formed from the first two syllables of the German pronunciation of the word "national". Ashkenaz is a Hebrew name appearing as early as Genesis 10:3. Here, the -i suffix makes it into something that describes a nationality, ethnicity, or some particular class of people (like Israel-->Israeli). Written Feb 15, 2015 There is no etymological connection at all. Ashkenazi is a derivation of Ashkenaz , the son of Japheth and grandson of Noah in the book of Genesis in the Bible. Nazi is a contraction of Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei , the full name of the Nazi Party. There was never any such organisation as Nazi’s or a Nazi Party The National Socialists (N.S.D.A.P.

Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei) never referred to themselves as “Nazi’s.” It was, as it still is today, a political slogan used as a repressive weapon for the purposes of ‘stifling dissent’ – the very thing everyone wants to accuse “evil Nazis” of having done. It’s time to debunk the “Nazi” epithet and to learn where it came from, who invented it and why. The fact is, that the term “Nazi” was created by the enemies of the National Socialists (the NSDAP). It was a pejorative term; an insult or a slur. The Germans, not even Hitler nor any other top party officials ever called themselves “Nazis”! They called themselves “National Socialists” and nothing else. Those who can read German and have studied any of the original documents and speeches know this already, but most don’t. The term “Nazi” (along with “Nazism”) is a political epithet invented by Konrad Heiden during the 1920’s as a means of denigrating the NSDAP and National Socialism. Heiden was a journalist and member of the Social Democratic Party.

The term “Nazi” is a variation of the nickname that was used in reference to members of Heidens’ SDP at the time, “Sozi” (short for Sozialisten). “Nazi” was a political pun, based upon the Austro-Bavarian slang word for “simpleton” or “country bumpkin” and derived from the fairly common name Ignatz. It would be like saying “nutsy.” So, if for no other reason, one should easily understand why the term was regarded as derogatory by the National Socialists and why they would never use it to describe themselves. One should also see why it would be used and popularised by the Marxist-Bolshevik agitators and understand how it was seized upon by various other political opponents and subversive types, both within Germany and abroad, including the international media and political leaders of the western powers. It should immediately become apparent that, if there is no such thing as a “Nazi,” except in the propaganda which was invented and spewed by this man, then it follows logically, that there is also no such thing as a “Neo-Nazi” either.

Those who would describe themselves as such are as ignorant as those who say they hate “Nazis” – they are equally deceived. Further, again, if there was no such thing as a “Nazi,” (or of the conspiratorial suggestion of the purported etymology of ‘Na-Zi’) then there was no political party merger between the National Socialists and the Zionists, as suggested by those who believe everything is a ‘Conspiracy’ – they have also been deceived by the “Alternate Media’s” intentional confusion… Co-intel created to keep us misdirected and divided, thus paralysed from direction and action. war and social upheaval: World War II -- Totalitarian Political Parties the NAZIs Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei German Fascism: The NAZIs Figure 1.--Hitler had a special appeal to young people and devoted some energy to cultivating that appeal. Here he meets with youthful members of the SA at the Braune Haus -- the SA's headquarters in Munich. The Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (National Socialist German Worker's Party--NAZIs) became the most powerful of all Fascist parties.

It was not founded by Hitler, but became dominated by him at an early point. He fashioned it an instrument for a personal totalitarian dictatorship. Mussolini and his Fascists seized power in Italy a decade before the NAZIs seized power and stronly influenced Hitler. Mussolini was a Fascist dictator, but not in possession of absolute power and Italy was a far weaker industrial country. After the NAZIs seized power they soon elclipsed Mussolini's Fascists. Hitler through the NAZIs managed to achieve absolute power of the most powerful industrial state in Europe. There were NAZIs with a range of ideas, but Hitler seized control of the Party and imposed his vision on it. He then used the Party to impose thast same vision on Germany. As the world was to learn it was a terrible vision of untold horror. Intelectual Origins The NAZIs of course did not come out of nowhere. They were the culmination of a range of diserate thought arising in the 19th century, including ideas that had been percolating in Germany for centuries. Anti-Semitism was just one of those ideas.

The NAZIs are simply the most notable example of the Fascist movement of the early 20th century. Mussolini was the first Fascist leader, but neither he or Hitler invented Fascism. Fascist thought developed in the 19th century throughout Europe and it was not particularly strong in either Germany or Italy or for mater the Asian variant in Japan. We see Fascist ideas in writers from many European countries, including Austria, France, Gerjmany, and Italy. It must be recalled that at the time that most of Europe was dominsted by multi-natiinal empires (Austri-Hungary, Germany, the Ottomans, and Russia). Some of the most important early Fascist political authors were Theodor Fritsch, Paul Anton de Lagarde, Julius Langbehn, Jï¿½rg Lanz von Liebenfels, Joseph de Maistre, Charles Maurras, and Georges Sorel. The 19th century saw the rise of science and some authors attempted to use the authority of science to support their philosophy, Karl Marx dud the same.

Fascist authors included Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Giovanni Gentile, Gustave Le Bon, Friedrich Nietzsche, Vilfredo Pareto, Karl Vogt, and Ernst Haeckel. There were also a range of historians and social thinkers. Some Fascists as well as many progressives were also influenced by eugenics. Eugenics and Social Farwinism became a central tennant of NAZI thought. Each national Fascist movement had its own peculiar excetricities. The NAZIs were influenced by German historical ideas such as the German tribes resustabce to the Ronman Empire and the medieval Teutonic Drang nach Osten . World War I (1914-18) Germany's defeat in World War I staggered the Germany people. They had such faith in the Army which had played a key role in achieving national unification. At the beginning of 1918 victory looked assured. The Russians were knoick\ked out of tge War and forced to sign the Breast-Litovsk Treaty which made Germany dominant in the East and allowed for the creation of a German protectorate in the vast Ukraine (March 1918).

It also enabled the Germans Army to focus on the Western Front. Ludendorff's massive offensive nearly achieeved victory (July). Yet only months later the German Army was decisely defeated and forced to sign an Armistace (November). After 4 years of terrible sacrifice, the German people were horrified and bewildered at the outcome. Thus World War I set the stage for much of the rest of the 20th century. It shatered the existing order in Europe. After the War the question became what would replace it. German Political Ferment Germany was devestated by its defeat in World War I. Agricultural production was impaired and there was wide-spread food shortages, even starvation. The monarchy which had been at the center of German political life was abolished. The War had also humiliated the Germany Army, perhaps the most respected national institution. Democratic politicans formed a governent, but had forced to accept the Versailles Peace Treaty that was very unpopular with the German people (1919). The most important party was the Social Democrats (SDP), but they were far short of a majority in the Reichstag. Radicals on the right and left fought in the street.

Middle class Germans were terrified that the Communists might succeed in seizing power as in Russia. The Catholic Party was also Important as was the Natuionsalist Party. There were also a number of small xhnephobic right-wing parties with varying platforms except for a mutual opposition to the Versailles Treaty and democratic government. Foundation and Seizure of Power (1919-33) The National Socialist German Worker's Party (NAZIs) became the most powerful of all Fascist parties. It was not founded by Hitler, but became dominated by him at an early point. He fashioned it an instrument for a personal totalitarian dictatorship. Mussolini and his Fascists seized power in Italy a decade before the NAZIs seized power and stronly influenced Hitler. After the NAZIs seized power they soon elclipsed Mussolini's Fascists. One of the central questions of the 20th century is how an esentially criminal gang took over the government of a great nation. There are of course many factors involved. Perhaps the central one is the power of natioanalism, a still powerful force today, although waning in much of Europe. Here was Hitler's great skill as a politican.

The vast majority of the German people did not endorse the plan he spelling out in Mein Kampf with almost startling frankness. Most Germans did, however, believe and some with great fervor that Germany was an agreved nation that was being trampeled by its enemies. And most wanted the territorial and populatioin losses of the Versailles Treaty reversed as well as other restrictions of the Treaty. Hitler by concentrating on these popular issues was able to attract adherents and voters that never would have endorsed his real program. His success was made possible because the Weimar Republic allienated the right and military because of Versailles and the middle-class because of the disastrous inflation. The Depression was a claminity because it alienated many working-class people from democracy and the Weimar Republic. The central factor, however, has to be Hitler's skillful political manipulation of and handling of the issues, especially nationalist fervor. Support We know a great deal about who supported the NAZI Party. Of course after the War, no one wanted to admit supporting the NAZIs. But even before the NAZIs seized power, they had become Germany's largest political pasrty with millions of fervent supportetrs.

They never got a majority of vites, bjut they were the lkargest single party. Weimar Germany was functioning democracy with competitive free elections contested by a wide rang of political parties. And we know where those parties found support. After the failure of the Beer Hall Putch, Hitler concluded that the only way to seize power was to compete in the electoral process. Before Depression, support for the NAZI Party was minimal and limited to the country's right-wing fringe. Wall Street crashed (September 1929). Almost immnediatedly the econnomic down turn affected Germany as American companies began canceling import orders. And the politucal impact can be seen in the elections held in (1929-32). These were free elections and the results reported in great detail. Thus agood deal of statistical data is available to researchers. Tthe breakdown of the votes thus tells us just where the NAZIs drew their support. With Hitlker's seizure if power (1933) there were still afew elections, actually referenhdum, but the mixture of NAZI control of the mnedia and the expanding police state make these elections results less useful in examining NAZI voter appeal.

Especially notable is the NAZI appeal to rural and small town as well as Protestant voters. Party Name The party name is interesting. The party's name was "Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei". The German acronym was the NSDAP. For HBC we tend to use NAZI, the more common English-lasnguage acronym. The Party name was chosen to try to attract workers (Arbeiter) and trying to promise socialistic welfare, similar to what communists tried to promise. Under this view (intially) the Nazis were a left-wing party. And while Hitler changed the focus of the Party , their remained a strong left-wing element that wanted to attack capilastlists and redistribute wealth. The left element of the Party was led by Gregor Strasser and his brother. This orientation was strongly represented in the SA which Hitler found useful, but difficult to control. In one celebrated incident before seizing power, Hitler had to ask the Berlin police to evict the SA from the Party headquaters in Berlin that they had seized. This class warfare was not Hitler's vision. Hitler had a racial, not a class vission.

He wanted a united German Volk that he could use to pursue the goals of NAZI Germany. And Hitler who proved to be a master politican, managed to convince German industrialists to finance his party as a bulwark against the Communists and Revolution in Germany. The National part of the NAZI name appealed to the highly pastriotic German middle-class and small town Germans who were also concerned with Communist revolution and the threat to traditionasl values they saw in Berlin snd other big cities. Idelology NAZI Party idelogy is not easy to describe. This is in part because what Hitler wanted and what the NAZI faithful wanted was not identical, although therec were many shated interesys. Hitler's ability to bridge or mask these differences are a tribute to his masterful political skills. Thus Hitler adjusted his speeches and writing to the political conditions. The Party he seized control over and the belieffs of the SA faitful was strongly nationalists, but consisted of many working-class members who wanted deep-seated social revoloution.

Hitler was sympathetic to this, but saw what Roehm and others did not see, that Germany's industrial establishment and military would never allow such a revolution which seem to close to what the Communists wanted. Thus Hitler carefully crafted his speeches and writing to what was necessary to achieve power. Hitler wanted to create a New Germany, but he also wanted to obtain the loyalty of the indiustrialists and military who he needed for his primary goal--to create a New Europe which Germany dominated and which could only be achieved by war. The New Europe would given Germany the Lebensraum it needed and allow Germany to reshape the ethnic make up of Europe. Here the primary goal was the destruction of the Jews and the enslavement of the Slavs. Hitler was rematkably honest about this in Mein Kampf, although he down played the obvious fact that his goals could only be achieved by war. Individuals Here we will discuss the individuals who played a role in the NAZI Party or NAZI era. We will also discuss individuals who assisted the NAZIs as well as those who opposed them. Here we are interested in their childhood ahd families as well as their careers associated with the NAZI Party and associated organs.

Some are all two familar whiles others re relatively unknown to history. Early in the history of the Party there were differnt ideas brandied about. Gradually as Hitler achieved control, it was his odeas that dominated. Even after he gained cintrol of the state, some were not happy with his leadership. A thorough purging of the dojbters was needed--the Might of the Long Knives. Even so, Hitler's purge was nothing like those conducted by Stalin at about the same time. This list includes Party officials, including thos appointed to Government posts. Military figures are included in the World War II biographies. Of course qwuite a few overlap the two listsas some military commanders were ardent NAZIs while others eventually tried o overhrow the regime. Governing Years (1933-39) The rise of the NAZIs is a frightening enough event, but perhaps even more frightening is how Hitler and the NAZIs so easily bent the German nation to their evil purposes. Every country has evil people, but how could a small group of evil thugs so easily cow a great nation into participating or at least acquiese in what were some of the most evil actions of the 20th century.

Again the principal reason appears to be the considerable political skills of Adolf Hitler and his ability to give the Gerams what many wanted (jobs, order, and prestige) while laying the foundation for what he wanted (war, conquest, anf genocide). World War II Years (1939-45) One of the unanswered questions of World War II is how Hitler who showed such consumate political skills in his rise to power and then making huge gains as a result of first apeasement and then war become such an inept ruller. The turning point seems to have been the fall of France. It was at that point that Hitler ceased being a fabulously successful politican and became one of the most disastrous military commander in European history. Hitler in an increadibly short period turned a commanding military position in Europe against a beleagered Britain into defat on all fronts against a massive Allied coalition. We know of no other leader in history who demonsated such skill and ability, however, evil, during one point of his careeer and such stupidity and ineptitude during the second phase. Organization The NAZI Party was organized on a hierarchial basis.

At the top of the Party structure was German Fï¿½hrer Adolf Hitler. This was both a party and government post Hitler assumed in the death of President Hindenburg (1934). Hitler thus combined the Party leadership and Chancelor positions he already held with that of the presidency. His title at that time became Fï¿½hrer. Hitler's successor designate was first, Hermann Goering (until the last weeks of the Reich), and second, Rudolf Hess (until his flight to Scotland in 1941). The leadership corps of the Party began with Hitler as was divided into six levels below him: 2. Reichsleiter (ministers) 3. Gauleiter (3 through 7 known collectively as Hoheitstraiger) | 4. Kreisleiter 5. Ortsgruppenleiter 6. Zellenleiter 7. Blockleiter. The Party was also organized into several leadership groups and associated federations. These varied somewhat ober time, both in numbers and responsibilities. Propaganda The NAZIs were noted for their propaganda. Hitler conceived about making propaganda in Mein Kampf.

He wrote, "The masses find it difficult to understand politics, their intelligence is small. Therefore all effective propaganda must be limited to a very few points. The masses will only remember only the simplest ideas repeated a thousand times over. If I approach the masses with reasoned arguments, they will not understand me. In the mass meeting, their reasoning power is paralyzed. What I say is like an order given under hypnosis." [Hitler] This was complicated while there was a free press. Once the NAZIs had control of the coercive force of the state, this changed. And Hitler chose Dr. Josef Goebbels to mastermind the ppropaganda effort. It was not the appointment that Goebbels wanted. It proved to be a masterful appointment. Goebbels mastermined the NAZI propaganda program. He quickly gained control over the print media and broadcast media. Journalists rapidly fell in line. Those who did not were fired or arrested. He had a special interest in the film ijndudsry. And Germany had one of the most important film industries in Europe. The careful staging and extensive photographic images made an indelible impression. Perhaps the greatesy propaganda film of all time was "Triumph of the Will".

That NAZI propagand was carefully staged and orcestrated is undeniable. Less commonly asked is how effective it was. Here there are two components that must be assessed--domestically and internatonally. It does seem to have been effective domestically, albeit only when combined with the NAZI police state and total domination of the media. NAZI propaganda helped bend Germany to Hitler's will. The German devotion to Hitler continued even after the War was irevocably lost. Most German casualties occurred after there was no longer any chance of victory. Htler's morbid spell on Germany was not broken until he committed suiside in Berlin (April 1945). Internationally, the impact of German propaganda is more difficult to assess. It does not seem to have won over any significant converts. Only Slovakia and Croatia enthusiastically joined the NAZIs, but this seems more related to domestic politics than NAZI poropaganda. Most countries were repulsed by NAZI propaganda. NAZI propganda and the threat of war seem to have been a factor in the British and French abandoing the Czechs at Munich (1938). And fear of the Germans was an element in American isolationism.

Even so, NAZI propaganda so repulsed the public in the democraxies that there was virtually no opposition to war when it came. NAZI Crimes and Attrocities NAZI crimality is often described as war crimes. The killing was not limited the the war, but vthe great bulk of the killing did take place during, but not necesaeily as part of military operations. There were actual war crimes, but the most horrendous crimes were killing civilians that were not a threat and had nothing to do with the war. German military successes early in the War put the NAZIs in a position to carry out these crimes and the killing was conducted during the War. And not all of the killing was done by NAZI organizations. The Wehrmacht was involved as well doctors iand nurses in civilian hospitals and healt facilities. The ultimate authority for these actions, however was the NAZI government instaled by Reich Fï¿½hrer Adolf Hitler. The most serious war crimes was the mistreatment and muder of POWS. Here there was a destinction between POWs in the East and West.

Not only did huge numbers of Russian and Polish POWs perish, but large numbers of prisoners were executed as a result of the Commisar and Commando Orders. Both prisoners and and civilians were killed as a result of the Reprisal order. The NAZI engineered Holocaust of the Jews is the best documented example of mass murder in history. This is because the NAZIs lost World War II and the copious records they took along with the testimony of individuals conducting the Holocust and their surviving victims have left us with a chilling historical record. The NAZI Holocaust succeeded in killing about 6 million Jews. This was not the largest instance of mass murder in history, but is perhaps the most horific because of the way the SS industrialized the killing process. Another 6 million non-Jews perished, mosrtly Eastern Europeans. Many perished as a result of the NAZI slave and forced labor prograjmns to support yhe war effort. Less well understood is the fact that if the NAZIs had succedded in would have been only the first chapter in a terrifying rengineering of the Human race. High on the NAZI list of untermench were the Slavs of Eastern Rurope.

The NAZIs killed many more people than Jews in their preliminary efforts to build a new German empire in the Occupied East . There was also the Lebensborn program aimed at children. In all the NAZIs probably killed more than 20 million people. The NAZI penchant for killing was such that they killed millions of people who could have assisted in their war effort. And as a result, before the Allies destroyed German industry in the strategic bombing campaign, there was a severe labor shortage in the Reich. The subject of NAZI war crimes does not address the crimes committed in Germany agaist Germans. Here again, children were one of the main targets. The domestic programs were outgrowths of the German eugenics movement and included the Hereditary Health Courts and sterilization progrm. Here the most horrendous undertaking ws the T-4 Program. Aberation Germans tend to see Hitler and the NAZIs as an aberation in the great arc of German history. This may be the case, but it also seems to us to be an all to easy simplification of one of the most crucial events of the 20th century.

NAZIs and Communists The NAZIs are often considred to be a conservative force. They are often referred to as a right wing group in contrast to the Socialists and Communists on the left. This topics has come up on a number of HBC pages. Some readers write that they see the NAZIs as a socialist more akin to the Communists than conservative parties. They note the name of the party and support from working-class Grmans. We do not agree that the NAZIs were a left wing party. There are many fundamental differences between NAZI and Communist ideology. We would agree, however, that the NAZIS were not a conservative party, but a party preparing a massive revolution in Germany. Even so we see a fundamental similarity shared by the NAZIs and Communists which is totalitarianism. And ghere the centralshared tenant is the subordination of the individual to the state and the elimination of basic civil liberties.

Nazi - Wiktionary Nazi Pronunciation[ edit ] IPA ( key ): /ˈnɑːtsi/, /ˈnætsi/, /ˈnæzi/ (the first pronunciation more closely matches the German pronunciation [näːtsi] and is more common than the second; the third is historical) Audio (US historical); "Japs and Nazis" Etymology[ edit ] From German Nazi , a shortening of Nationalsozialist , since in German the Nati- in National is pronounced Nazi. Nazi ‎(plural Nazis ) ( historical ) A member of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, commonly called the NSDAP or Nazi Party). One who subscribes to or advocates ( neo- ) Nazism or a similarly fascist, racist, xenophobic , ethnicist or anti-Semitic ideology; a neo-Nazi . ( slang , usually pejorative , sometimes offensive , see usage notes below) One who imposes one’s views on others; one who is considered unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict. (also frequently uncapitalised: nazi ) She’s a total grammar Nazi.

Usage notes[ edit ] (one who imposes one’s views on others): As actual Nazis practiced genocide and were responsible for the murder of millions of people during the Second World War, this flippant use is sometimes considered to be offensive and in very poor taste. It is sometimes used to offend, intentionally (e.g. when trolling ) or out of anger. File:Flag of the NSDAP (1920–1945).svg - Wikimedia Commons File:Flag of the NSDAP (1920–1945).svg From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository Original file ‎(SVG file, nominally 1,000 × 600 pixels, file size: 440 bytes) This media file has been protected from editing to prevent vandalism. Please discuss changes on the talk page or request unprotection . DescriptionFlag of the NSDAP (1920–1945).svg Flag of {{{OF}}} other characteristics {{{CHARACTERISTICS}}} Deutsch: Flagge der Nationalsozialistischen Deutschen Arbeiterpartei von 1920 bis 1945.

Wurde von 1933 bis 1935 zusammen mit der offiziellen National- und Handelsflagge gehisst. Alemannisch: Flagge vo der Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, vo 1935 bis 1935 (mit) Nationalflagge vom Dütsche Riich Boarisch: Flaggn vo da Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, vo 1935 bis 1935 (mit) Nationalflagg vom Deitschn Reich Plattdüütsch: Flagg vun de Natschonalsozialistische Düütsche Arbeiterpartei, vun 1933 bis 1935 (mit) Natschonalflagg vun dat Düütsche Riek Dansk: Nationalsocialistiske Tyske Arbejderpartis flag, fra 1935 til 1935 (mit) Tysklands flag. English: Flag of the NSDAP during 1920 to 1945.

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Flagg vun dat Duitse Riek twischen 1933 un 1935. Nederlands: Flag of the NSDAP during 1920 to 1945. Vlag van Duitse Rijk tussen 1933 en 1935. Polski: Flag of the NSDAP during 1920 to 1945. Flaga III Rzeszy niemieckiej . Date PNG version created November 16th 2004 Source Original PNG version created by de:Benutzer:Kookaburra with the name "Bild:Flag Germany 1933.png" in de.wikipedia; uploaded to the Wikimedia Commons by User:Guanaco , later converted to SVG by User:Rotemliss and later modified by other Wikimedia Commons people. Author This file is lacking author information. Permission Nazi Party Facts for Kids | KidzSearch.com Political parties The National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, abbreviated NSDAP), also known as the Nazi Party, was a German political party.

It was started in 1920 from the Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (German Workers' party) (DAP). [5] which would later be renamed NSDAP. On the day of its founding, the party published its 25 point manifesto (book of ideas). The items in this list of ideas included getting rid of the Treaty of Versailles , gaining more land for the German people, confiscating any income not earned through working, taking away citizenship from Jewish people, reforming the education system, enacting freedom of religion except for religions that weakened the German nation, and setting up a strong central German government. [5] Until 1923, the party was most popular in Bavaria . In 1923, Adolf Hitler and Erich Ludendorff tried to start a coup d'etat in Munich to take over Germany, but they failed. This battle was called the Beer Hall Putsch . Hitler was given five years in prison for high treason , however he only served 9 months. This is a very small sentence. Other people were given the death penalty . The NSDAP was also banned. While he was in prison, Adolf Hitler wrote most of Mein Kampf (My Struggle ).

In this book he wrote down his political ideas and his future plans for Germany. In 1924, Hitler was released early from prison. He restarted the NSDAP. He wanted to gain power legally by elections . The next elections to the Reichstag were in 1928. Until then, the NSDAP was only one of a few nationalist , parties from the extreme right. There were many other parties with similar ideas then. Among people supporting the party were Fritz Thyssen and Emil Kirdorf , both leaders of big industries. In the 1928 election, the party won 2.6 percent of the vote. The party decided to reduce antisemitic slogans, in order to do better next time. The party focused on terrorising the people, as well as more on international policy, and got around 10 % of the vote in local elections in 1929 and 1930. In 1930, President Paul von Hindenburg dissolved the Reichstag. This was seen as an opportunity for the NSDAP.

In the elections on September 14 , 1930 , the NSDAP won 18.3% of the vote, and was the second biggest party. What people wanted was to put away with the Weimar Republic Weimarer Republik. Weimar was the German city where the constitution for Germany was written after the First World War . People also wanted a stronger Germany with more troops. Germany was banned from having some types of weapons and ships by the Treaty of Versailles. On the 30 January 1933 , Franz von Papen offered to make Adolf Hitler Chancellor in a nationalist cabinet. This was done in secret. This was a Machtübergabe or transfer of power but later the NSDAP started to call this event the Machtergreifung (seizing power), because it was better for Nazi propaganda to say that they came and took over from the Weimar Republic, instead of being made the legal government of the Weimar Republic. In the last free election in Weimar Germany was in March 1933, the NSDAP won 44 % of the vote. This was not the majority.

Nevertheless, they managed to get the required two thirds majority to pass the Ermächtigungsgesetz (Enabling Act). Based on this, they dissolved parliament, gave Hitler the power to do anything he wanted, and made all parties (except the NSDAP) illegal. After this the NSDAP became very important. People had to be party members to get some jobs, or to get promoted. The NSDAP was busy until the surrender of Germany on 8 May 1945 . Impact The NSDAP dissolved itself on 8 May 1945 and ceased to exist. They made some reforms which still exist today. In 1934 they decided that when two people marry, their belongings are still separate. Costs for getting from home to work, and back again can be deducted from the taxes paid. They made it harder for lenders to take goods from people owing them money. In 1933 introduced extensive animal welfare and protection laws, the basis of animal protection laws today. But the Nazis did so many bad things that in Germany today it is illegal to display the Swastika symbol (on the flag above) or use slogans such as Sieg Heil.

In November 2010, a British member of the European Parliament , Godfrey Bloom , was forced to leave the building. He had shouted the Nazi slogan, "Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer", at a German member of the parliament. [6] Sayings, mottos, and slogans " Sieg Heil ! Sieg Heil!

Sieg Heil!" "Hail Victory" (common Nazi chant at rallies) "Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer!" "One people, one country, one leader!" [6] "Deutschland, erwache!" "Germany, Awake!" (A popular Nazi song by Dietrich Eckart and put on many propaganda banners.) "Die Juden sind unser Unglück!" (An 1880 quote by German historian Heinrich von Treitschke) [7] "The Jews are our misfortune!" [7] "Lang lebe unser ruhmvoller Führer!" "Long live our glorious leader!" "Heute Deutschland, morgen die Welt!" "Today Germany, tomorrow the world!" "Die Deutschen immer vor dem Ausländer und den Juden!" "The German always before the foreigner and the Jews!" "Sicher ist der Jude auch ein Mann, aber der Floh ist auch ein Tier" "Certainly the Jew is also a man, but the flea is also an animal" "Wir hassen die Juden und Ausländer" "We hate the Jews and foreigners" References ↑ Rick Steves. Rick Steves' Snapshot Munich, Bavaria & Salzburg.

Berkeley, California, USA; New York, New York, USA: Avalon Travel, 2010. p. 28. "Though the Nazis eventually gained power in Berlin, they remembered their roots, dubbing Munich "Capital of the Movement". The Nazi headquarters stood near today's obelisk on Brienner Strasse..." ↑ Fritzsche, Peter. 1998. Germans into Nazis. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; Eatwell, Roger, Fascism, A History, Viking/Penguin, 1996, pp. xvii–xxiv, 21, 26–31, 114–140, 352. Griffin, Roger . 2000. "Revolution from the Right: Fascism," chapter in David Parker (ed.) Revolutions and the Revolutionary Tradition in the West 1560–1991, Routledge, London. ↑ Blum, George, The Rise of Fascism in Europe (Greenwood Press, 1998), p. 9 ↑ Nazi, New Oxford American Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press Inc., 2005.

This topic has been hidden because it was flagged for abuse. - Google Groups This topic has been hidden because it was flagged for abuse. Showing 1-45 of 45 messages > Nationalsozialistische = nazi ? We could squeeze "nazi" out of it > if we torture it enough. But was that the original meaning of the > term ? I don't think so. It is so. Compare it to the equivalent term "sozi", which applied to members of the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands. "F. C. James" < no...@none.org > wrote in message news:72fc239192u0bn8kpljji7jhaudfe3uake@4ax.com... > This is off topic, but there are a lot of scholars on this group > and > I have heard one or two use the word "nazi". > > Has anyone ever given any though to the etymology of the word Nazi ? > We all *think* we know where it comes from, but are we right ? I > asked the question when I was a little boy and I got a response > similar to this : > Q.

What does the word Nazi mean? A. Nazi stands for > Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, the National > Socialist > Even as a kid I had a feeling that was nonsense. It didn't appear > to > be an acronym. It doesn't look or "feel" like an acronym Free Dictionary defines the acronyms: NAZI - as Nationalsozialist (member of NSDAP) NSDAP as - Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NAZI Party) On Apr 18, 10:45 am, F. C. James < n...@none.org > wrote: > Has anyone ever given any though to the etymology of the word Nazi ? > We all *think* we know where it comes from, but are we right ? I > asked the question when I was a little boy and I got a response > similar to this : > Q. What does the word Nazi mean? A. Nazi stands for > Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, the National Socialist > German Workers Party. > Even as a kid I had a feeling that was nonsense. It didn't appear to > be an acronym.

It doesn't look or "feel" like an acronym > > Nationalsozialistische = nazi ? We could squeeze "nazi" out of it > if we torture it enough. But was that the original meaning of the > term ? I don't think so. Then you are wrong because Nazi is indeed the acronym for Hitler's National Socialist Party. > I have heard the word "nazi" applied to two groups of people. (1) the > Fascists of Germany and (2) the Jewish people descended from community > of Jews in Germany. The latter I only heard of in recent years since > I've been on the internet. Please point out where you have seen on the web or any place else Nazi as a descriptive of Jews. > The best I can determine "ashkenazi" is a yiddish or hebrew word > referring to the Jewish people who were located in Germany. A closer > look will show that the word "ashke" means "beloved" or "soul mate".

I think you'll find if you look a bit furtehr you find that "Ashkenaz" was the Medieval Hebrew name for Germany, and that the "i" at the end is the plural forming Ashkenazi as the Jews from Germany and, later, Central Europe. > I suppose this was how the larger Jewish community referred to their > relatives who were in Germany a few hundred years ago. So if "ashke" > is "beloved" what is "nazi" ? It appears to mean "german" or > "germany". Ashkenazi, loosely translated is -- "our soul mates > in/from Germany". Since you are wrong on your in selecting "ashke" as opposed to Ashkenaz your original premise collapses here. > When Hitler's fascists took over in Germany and started giving the > Jewish people a hard time, it would only have been natural for them > to lash back with a pejorative such as "krauts" or "Huns". But in > Yiddish, they probably favored the word "nazi" meaning all Germans. > Apparently the news media in Britain and America picked up this slang > and used it during the war years. This is based on you incorrect premise.

> The problem is that this word > takes in *all* Germans, good or bad. > Here we are now 62 years after the end of Hitler's rule and we are > still using a epithet that demeans all Germans. It would like the > English calling the Germans "krauts" during WW2, which they did, > but still doing so. Is it not time to discard this hateful word ? > Would the same people who use it, use the words "nigger" or "kike" > in social conversation ? Then why refer to Germans as nazis ? It's > the same thing. I don't know of anyone who today refers to all Germans as Nazis. If they did they would be including, for example, German Jews. Or do you suggest that Jews can't be Germans because they are Jews? >>> Nationalsozialistische = nazi ? We could squeeze "nazi" out of it >>> if we torture it enough. But was that the original meaning of the >>> term ? I don't think so. >> It is so. Compare it to the equivalent term "sozi", which applied to >> members of the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands.

> > That's interesting. I am not familiar with that word. Are the Sozi as > prominent in German history as are the Nazis ? The SPD is one of the major political parties in Germany and has been since the mid-nineteenth century. > find with google, seems to indicate the two used together "nazi - > sozi" are valid. But there is only one "z" in > Nationalsozialistische.. Or could the term "nazi - sozi" simply mean > "german socialist" ? The term Nazi was coined in comparison to the then-current term Sozi. They aren't otherwise related. "F. C. James" < no...@none.org > wrote in message news:72fc239192u0bn8kpljji7jhaudfe3uake@4ax.com... > This is off topic, but there are a lot of scholars on this group and > I have heard one or two use the word "nazi". > > Has anyone ever given any though to the etymology of the word Nazi ? > We all *think* we know where it comes from, but are we right ?

I > asked the question when I was a little boy and I got a response > similar to this : > Q. What does the word Nazi mean? A. Nazi stands for > Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, the National Socialist > German Workers Party. the hitlerites coined the nickname NAZI themselves and used it to describe themselves. On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:45:00 -0400, F. C. James < no...@none.org > wrote: >This is off topic, but there are a lot of scholars on this group and >I have heard one or two use the word "nazi". > >Has anyone ever given any though to the etymology of the word Nazi ? >We all *think* we know where it comes from, but are we right ? You have a loathsome agenda. It reminds me of why Eisenhower forced local Germans to see the death camps soon after they were liberated: Because he knew that fifty years later there would be those who would try to claim such things never happened. And what better way to facilitate Holocaust denial than to claim the very word Nazi was just Allied propaganda and applied to all Germans?

> On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:45:00 -0400, F. C. James < no...@none.org > > wrote: >>This is off topic, but there are a lot of scholars on this group >>and >>I have heard one or two use the word "nazi". >> >>Has anyone ever given any though to the etymology of the word Nazi ? Nazi 1930, from Ger. Nazi, abbreviation of Ger. pronunciation of Nationalsozialist (based on earlier Ger. sozi, popular abbreviaton of "socialist"), from Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei "National Socialist German Workers' Party," led by Hitler from 1920. The 24th edition of Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (2002) says the word Nazi was favored in southern Germany (supposedly from c.1924) among opponents of National Socialism because the nickname Nazi (from the masc. proper name Ignatz, Ger.

form of Ignatius) was used colloquially to mean "a foolish person, clumsy or awkward person." Ignatz was a popular name in Catholic Austria, and according to one source in WWI Nazi was a generic name in the German Empire for the soldiers of Austria-Hungary. An older use of Nazi for national-sozial is attested in Ger. from 1903, but EWdS does not think it contributed to the word as applied to Hitler and his followers. The NSDAP for a time attempted to adopt the Nazi designation as what the Germans call a "despite-word," but they gave this up, and the NSDAP is said to have generally avoided the term. Before 1930, party members had been called in Eng. National Socialists, which dates from 1923. The use of Nazi Germany, Nazi regime, etc., was popularized by German exiles abroad. From them, it spread into other languages, and eventually brought back to Germany, after the war. In the USSR, the terms national socialist and Nazi were said to have been forbidden after 1932, presumably to avoid any taint to the good word socialist.

Soviet literature refers to fascists. ONLINE ENTYMOLOGY DICTIONARY > >On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:45:00 -0400, F. C. James < no...@none.org > wrote: > > > >>This is off topic, but there are a lot of scholars on this group and > >>I have heard one or two use the word "nazi". > >> > >>Has anyone ever given any though to the etymology of the word Nazi ? > >>We all *think* we know where it comes from, but are we right ? > > > >You have a loathsome agenda. It reminds me of why Eisenhower forced > >local Germans to see the death camps soon after they were liberated: > > Slow down ! I'm trying to figure out what the etymology of a > simple word has to do with death camps. > > >Because he knew that fifty years later there would be those who would > >try to claim such things never happened.

> > Ashkenazi = German Jews (germans who are our beloved people) > Ashke = beloved > Naz = people who are in Germany > Nazi = german plural (Germans who are NOT our beloved people ie -- > all the rest). nazi is not a plural. and the plural of ashkenaz is ashkenazim. that ashkenaz and nazi are similar is purely coincidental. you are making connections that don't exist. F. C. James < no...@none.org > writes: > This is off topic, but there are a lot of scholars on this group and > I have heard one or two use the word "nazi". > > Has anyone ever given any though to the etymology of the word Nazi ? > We all *think* we know where it comes from, but are we right ? I > asked the question when I was a little boy and I got a response > similar to this : > Q. What does the word Nazi mean? A. Nazi stands for > Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, the National Socialist > German Workers Party. Not "National...", but "Nazional" is the German spelling.

I don't know how common it is but I believe there are other German nicknames formed by picking off the first two syllables or so. e. g. "Uni" for "Universität" -- > Stephen is right. "nazional" must be the Italian spelling. > Having demonstrated my weakness in German spelling, I'll move on to pronunciation, but, once bitten, instead of declaring I will propose: In German, "national" is something like "patsy-o-nale". So to produce the first two syllables of this with the t is not practicable. "Nati" would be like "patty". So in moving from the "national" to a two-syllable short form you stick in a 'z'. This gives you something like "natsy", rhymes a little with "patsy", or if you wish "potsy". So I propose that if this pronunciation guide ( just leave the vowels aside) is correct, then there is no mystery about "nazi". It's accounted for by normal German spelling. Right. Let me step through it. My suggestion must have seemed pretty opaque.

In German, "national" is pronounced somewhat like this: nah-tsee-oh-nal The 'tio" gets that "tsee-oh" sound. So it's not like in English where it's pronounced "na-shuh-null". So how to produce that German sound in German spelling, when you just want the first two syllables. You probably could write "natsi", but that's five characters. So substitute the z, instead of the "tsi", because the z calls for the "tsee" sound all by itself. So you can get it in four letters: nazi, naht-see. Perhaps it would be awkward to spell it and keep the t. End of speculation. > >> And I have no idea why you don't know what I mean. If you really > >> don't, I don't know how to make it any plainer than I have between my > >> post above and my original reply to F.C. James. > > >OK. If it can't be made plainer then I'll have to get by without > >understanding it. > >I was commenting on the question of the formation of the word.

> > You do realize this isn't about you, don't you?? It's always about Hugh (just ask him, or you, Mr. "it's a dull place without him"). Now kiss and make up, kids. maybe both of you can rant about me, with Ray's help. I was amazed at Hugh's ignorance on the topic. He makes Wikipedia sound smart. >> >> And I have no idea why you don't know what I mean. If you really >> >> don't, I don't know how to make it any plainer than I have between my >> >> post above and my original reply to F.C. James. >> > >> >OK. If it can't be made plainer then I'll have to get by without >> >understanding it. >> >I was commenting on the question of the formation of the word. >> >> You do realize this isn't about you, don't you?? > >I'm glad to hear it. > >I don't understand for sure what it's about. > >My contribution was to propose a superior (I hope) theory of how >National Socialist. . . was abbreviated nazi. The OP theory seemed >strange to me.

There was also some innuendo in the OP whose import I >didn't get, and some reaction to the OP that I didn't understand, >because it seemed elliptical. I think the OP's purpose is to obfuscate Nazi history by claiming the very word was just a propagandistic insult aimed at all Germans. The next step would then be to claim the same is true of the Holocaust.

Question: What is the contraction of the German "Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei" in common use in English?
Answer: NAZI