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[[Image:Flag of Nazi Germany.png|thumb|200px|'''The flag of Nazi Germany''']]
 
[[Image:Flag of Nazi Germany.png|thumb|200px|'''The flag of Nazi Germany''']]
The '''National Socialist German Workers' Party''' ([[German]]: ''Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei'') was a political party in [[Germany]] which existed 1919-1945 under the control and influence of dictator [[Adolf Hitler]] for most of its existence; both party and leader were directly responsible for the creation of the [[Third Reich]] and [[World War II]] in [[Europe]]. The abbreviated word "Nazi" comes from the first word in the party's name, '''Na'''tionalso'''zi'''alistische.
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The '''Nazi Party''' (formally the ''Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei'' or in English ''National Socialist German Workers' Party''<ref> "Nazi" comes from the first word in the party's name, '''Na'''tionalso'''zi'''alistische.
 
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</ref>) was a movement and party in [[Germany]], 1919-1945. It was controlled after 1922 by [[Adolf Hitler]]. In 1933 the Nazis came to power in Germany and took control of the government and most sectors of the society and economy. The Nazi regime in Germany 1933-45 called itself the '''[[Third Reich]].''' The Nazis rearmed Germany, conquered the neighbors, killed six million Jews in the [[Holocaust]] and was finally destroyed in [[World War II]] by the Allies, led by the U.S., Russia and Britain. Like Hitler, the Nazis have become synonymous with evil in the modern world.  
 
==Foundations==
 
==Foundations==
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[[Category:Political Parties]]
 
[[Category:Political Parties]]
 
[[Category:Fascist States]]
 
[[Category:Fascist States]]
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[[Category:Nazis]]
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