Nazism, or National Socialism, was the ideology of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP) led by Adolf Hitler. Emerging in 20th-century Germany, it promoted extreme nationalism, racism, anti-Semitism, and authoritarianism.
Rooted in aggressive expansionism, it led to the establishment of a totalitarian regime, advocating Aryan supremacy and perpetrating heinous crimes, including the Holocaust, during World War II.
- Extreme nationalism.
- Aryan racial supremacy.
- Anti-Semitism.
- Totalitarianism.
- Authoritarianism.
- Adoration of Adolf Hitler.
- Aggressive militarism.
- Territorial expansionism.
- Absolute state control.
- Hate and exclusion propaganda.