History glossary
National Socialist German Workers' Party
the Nazi Party's formal name after the German Workers' Party was renamed in 1920.
- Category
- Political party
- Region
- Germany
- Date range
- 1920-1945
What it means
The National Socialist German Workers' Party, or NSDAP, was the formal name of the Nazi Party. It grew from the German Workers' Party in Munich and combined extreme nationalism, antisemitism, anti-Marxism, paramilitary violence, propaganda, and Hitler's personal leadership into a movement that destroyed German democracy.
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