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[[Image:Naziflag.png|thumb|300px|The Nazis' symbol, the Swastika]]Nazis is an [[acronym]] for the National Socialist German Workers’ party . The group was formed when [[Adolf Hitler]] came into power by promising that there would be more jobs, [[Germany]] would be a better place and poverty would end. His power was increased when his followers used intimidation and violence to win a majority in the German Parliament. Once in power the  Nazis became [[Anti-Sematism|anti-Semitic]] (hating Jews) blaming the [[Jews]] for the trouble in Germany. They made laws against Jews and they required Jews to wear a [[Star of David]] on their clothing. The Jews were mistreated, persecuted and killed by the Nazis.  The Nazi state also persecuted [[Communism|Communists]] and other left-wing/liberal political opponents, [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] and foreign nationals.  Though many top Nazi's were openly gay<ref>Hans Peter Bleuel, ''Sex and Society in Nazi Germany'', (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1973).</ref>, [[homosexuals]] who were not party members came under increasing scrutiny and persecution in the later years of the regime.

[[Image:Naziflag.png|thumb|300px|The Nazis' symbol, the Swastika]]Nazis is an [[acronym]] for the National Socialist German Workers’ party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei) . The group was formed when [[Adolf Hitler]] came into power by promising that there would be more jobs, [[Germany]] would be a better place and poverty would end. His power was increased when his followers used intimidation and violence to win a majority in the German Parliament. Once in power the  Nazis became [[Anti-Sematism|anti-Semitic]] (hating Jews) blaming the [[Jews]] for the trouble in Germany. They made laws against Jews and they required Jews to wear a [[Star of David]] on their clothing. The Jews were mistreated, persecuted and killed by the Nazis.  The Nazi state also persecuted [[Communism|Communists]] and other left-wing/liberal political opponents, [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] and foreign nationals.  Though many top Nazi's were openly gay<ref>Hans Peter Bleuel, ''Sex and Society in Nazi Germany'', (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1973).</ref>, [[homosexuals]] who were not party members came under increasing scrutiny and persecution in the later years of the regime.

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