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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 (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei) . The group was actually formed long before [[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 problems in Germany. They made laws against Jews ("Rassengesetze" = Race laws) 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 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><ref>Scott Lively [http://www.leaderu.com/jhs/lively.html ''The Homosexual Roots of the Nazi Party'']</ref>
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| − | by , [[homosexuals]] who were not party members came under increasing scrutiny and persecution in the later years of the regime.
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