==Post-World War II national socialism in the West==
[[File:Azov Battalion.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Russophobic|Anti-Russian]] [[neo-Nazi]] group supported by [[Joe Biden]] and [[NATO]] in Ukraine.<ref>https://mronline.org/2021/11/13/military-knows-it-looks-bad-but-works-with-neo-nazis-anyway/</ref><ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/2022/02/17/western-media-is-literally-peddling-neo-nazi-propaganda-to-prompt-war-between-russia-and-ukraine/</ref><ref>https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3848518841859137</ref>]]
{{See also|Zelensky Regime}}
National Socialism as a political force in Germany ended with that country's defeat in 1945. Despite a “de-nazification” program by the victorious Allies, adherents to Nazism attempted to create new political groups as early as 1948 in West Germany, but were ineffective at reviving the movement; many were later banned, as with the symbolism that was part of it, such as the swastika. Many adherents later fled Germany using escape routes known as the "Ratlines", which had routes through Spain to Argentina, and Rome to other destinations in South America.
===Ukrainian Nazism===
{{See also|Organization of Ukrainian NationalistsZelensky Regime}}
While many have referred to [[Ukrainian]] Nazis as "neo-Nazi", other analysts and experts consider them "old school" Nazis.<ref>https://youtu.be/l9RSsvTR06k?t=413</ref> Ukrainian Nazis were responsible for the murder of the "[[Heavenly Hundred]]" and other atrocious crimes during the anti-democratic [[Maidan coup]]; one of its leaders publicly expressed on Ukrainian television, "We have fun killing."<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/EndlessWar/comments/w5t3vr/evgeniy_karas_leader_of_the_s14_ukrainian_neonazi/</ref>