Nazism
Nazism, or National Socialism, was the ideology of Adolf Hitler's party, which ruled Germany from 1933 to 1945. It combined totalitarian dictatorship and extreme nationalism with a racial doctrine that led to wars of conquest and the genocide of Jews and other groups in the Holocaust.
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Abolished the German states' autonomy and centralised all power.
Ruled through a totalitarian dictatorship under a single leader.
Used terror, mass surveillance and camps to eliminate opposition.
Placed the racially defined nation above all others.
Pursued rearmament and wars of conquest as core goals.
Excluded, persecuted and murdered groups deemed outside the racial nation.
Kept private ownership under heavy state control; seized property from persecuted groups.
Directed the economy toward rearmament through state plans.
Sought autarky and economic self-sufficiency.
Subordinated and persecuted churches while using religious language selectively.
Enforced rigid traditional gender roles and suppressed social minorities.
Mixed: promoted technology and eugenics while romanticising soil and rural life.