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Nazism

Nazism or National Socialism refers to the racist, antisemitic brand of fascism of the NSDAP regime in Germany. Adolf Hitler's Nazis came to power in 1933, ruling until 1945.

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Björn Höcke, chairman of the Thuringian AfD

Björn Höcke, chairman of the Thuringian AfD

German court fines AfD's Höcke over 2nd use of Nazi slogan

A court has fined the far-right politician Björn Höcke — for a second time — over his use of a Nazi slogan at a rally.

Björn Höcke sitting in court on Monday, June 24

Björn Höcke sitting in court on Monday, June 24

Germany: AfD's Höcke in court over second use of Nazi slogan

Far-right AfD politician Björn Höcke is accused — for a second time — of knowingly using a Nazi slogan.

The doorway of the Kunsthaus Zürich

The doorway of the Kunsthaus Zürich

Swiss museum to sell Monet bought from Jew who fled Nazis

The Kunsthaus Zurich said the painting was sold "under duress" by Carl Sachs, a Jewish art collector.

Emmanuel Macron and Frank-Walter Steinmeier look at photos of victims of a masscre in Oradour-sur-Glane

Emmanuel Macron and Frank-Walter Steinmeier look at photos of victims of a masscre in Oradour-sur-Glane

Germany, France commemorate victims of Oradour Nazi massacre

Germany's president said we must "never forget what nationalism and hatred have done to Europe."

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier with Hasan Yildirim and Özcan Yildirim, owners of a barber shop that was targeted by a 2004 neo-Nazi nail bomb

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier with Hasan Yildirim and Özcan Yildirim, owners of a barber shop that was targeted by a 2004 neo-Nazi nail bomb

German president commemorates 2004 Cologne neo-Nazi attack

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier called for people in Germany to oppose extremism and threats to democracy.

Pictures of resting soldiers are seen on a huge screen during a D-Day national commemoration event in Portsmouth, England

Pictures of resting soldiers are seen on a huge screen during a D-Day national commemoration event in Portsmouth, England

Some facts and figures about D-Day

The landing of allied forces on the beaches of Normandy marked a turning point in World War II.

D-Day veteran John Roberts poses with his birthday card from King Charles III and Queen Camilla

D-Day veteran John Roberts poses with his birthday card from King Charles III and Queen Camilla

UK's last WWII vets mark D-Day anniversary

Eighty years after the Allies' invasion, the last witnesses look back on the beginning of the end of World War II.

Silhouettes representing British soldiers who died during World War II are on display at a British memorial in France

Silhouettes representing British soldiers who died during World War II are on display at a British memorial in France

80 years of D-Day: Beginning of the end for Nazi Germany

The landing of the Allied troops at Normandy on June 6, 1944, heralded the liberation of western Europe from Nazi rule.

Two women with signs reading "Sylterinnen gegen Rechts" ("Sylter against the right") attached and tucked to bags on their back

Two women with signs reading "Sylterinnen gegen Rechts" ("Sylter against the right") attached and tucked to bags on their back

Why Nazi slogans and xenophobia appeal to rich kids

A video from the posh holiday island of Sylt shows people shouting Nazi slogans. Are many rich antidemocratic?

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally in March

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally in March

Biden says Trump using Hitler's language with 'Reich' post

The video reposted by Donald Trump referred to a "unified Reich" if he gets a second term at the White House.

DW Standbild Ukraine Krieg Tote Soldaten

DW Standbild Ukraine Krieg Tote Soldaten

Focus on Europe – Spotlight on People

Why specialized units are searching for fallen soldiers in Ukraine.

Björn Höcke in court

Björn Höcke in court

Germany: Far-right leader Höcke suffers defeat in court

One of Germany's most radical politicians, Björn Höcke, was found guilty of intentionally using a banned Nazi slogan.

Björn Höcke points upwards whilst on stage

Björn Höcke points upwards whilst on stage

Germany: Court fines AfD politician Höcke over Nazi slogan

Far-right politician Björn Höcke, a former history teacher, denied during the trial knowing the origin of the slogan.

Germany's far-right AfD under mounting pressure

Pressure is now mounting for the party to be banned.

Leni Riefenstahl looking through an impressive camera, surrounded by men.

Leni Riefenstahl looking through an impressive camera, surrounded by men.

Riefenstahl documentary explores Nazis' filmmaker's estate

Filmmaker Andres Veiel had unprecedented access to the Nazi propagandist's 700-box personal archive.

DW Dokumentationen | Der Kunstraub der Nazis

DW Dokumentationen | Der Kunstraub der Nazis

The Nazi art heist - A belated search for justice

The systematic looting of art owned by Jewish families has never been fully investigated:

A German Green Party campaigner at his stall talks to locals

A German Green Party campaigner at his stall talks to locals

Fears in Germany over rise in political violence

In the eastern city of Dresden an attack on a Green Party candidate was caught on camera by a DW team.

Auctionator Michael Kovacek, co-managing Director of Kinsky Auction House, oversees the bidding during the auction for Austrian artist Gustav Klimt's portrait 'Miss Lieser'.

Auctionator Michael Kovacek, co-managing Director of Kinsky Auction House, oversees the bidding during the auction for Austrian artist Gustav Klimt's portrait 'Miss Lieser'.

Following Klimt auction, questions remain unanswered

It fetched €30 million at auction, but what happened to "Portrait of Miss Lieser" under the Nazis remains a mystery.

Dokumentation | 1945 - Frauen als Kriegsbeute

Dokumentation | 1945 - Frauen als Kriegsbeute

Women as spoils of war at the end of World War II

In early 1945, at least 860,000 women and girls in Germany were sexually abused by Allied soldiers.

DW Arts Unveiled (Serienlogo Composite)

DW Arts Unveiled (Serienlogo Composite)

Why the Nazis burned books

The 1933 book burnings under Nazi rule also destroyed the vibrant culture of the Weimar Republic.

Aerial view of the former villa of Reich Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels on the Bogensee site.

Aerial view of the former villa of Reich Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels on the Bogensee site.

Germany: Berlin offers up Goebbels' villa for free

The villa once owned by Adolf Hitler's propaganda minister will be demolished if no takers come forward to claim it.

A man wearing a suit, tie and glasses (far-right Golden Dawn founder and leader Nikos Michaloliakos) sits behind a microphone during a 2018 press conference

A man wearing a suit, tie and glasses (far-right Golden Dawn founder and leader Nikos Michaloliakos) sits behind a microphone during a 2018 press conference

Greece: Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn leader released from jail

Nikos Michaloliakos, founder of the far-right party, was serving a 13-year term for running a criminal organization.

Margot Friedländer

Margot Friedländer

Holocaust survivor returns - Margot Friedländer in Berlin

German Jewish Margot Friedländer nee Bendheim survived the horrors of Nazi Germany.

A sign on a beach demarcates a "Whites only" area in South Africa during the 1970s

A sign on a beach demarcates a "Whites only" area in South Africa during the 1970s

Scientific racism's roots in colonization

Anthropologists used Germany's colonial conquest in Africa to promulgate racist theory, and create racial hierarchies.

A screenshot of the number 4 jersey on the German Football Federation (DFB) website

A screenshot of the number 4 jersey on the German Football Federation (DFB) website

Adidas stops sales of number 44 jerseys over Nazi likeness

The font design of the number 44 German national team jersey looks similar to the logo of the Nazi Schutzstaffel (SS).

Adolf Hitler standing at a podium giving a speech to Nazi members at the Munich beer hall, Nov. 8, 1939.

Adolf Hitler standing at a podium giving a speech to Nazi members at the Munich beer hall, Nov. 8, 1939.

Germany looks back at Adolf Hitler's coup attempt

A decade before he rose to power with the Nazis, Hitler's failed "Beer Hall Putsch" put him on the political map.

Photo showing part of an estimated 100 tons of gold bullion hidden in a salt mine near Merkers, southwest of Gotha, Germay, found April 7, 1945 by 3rd U.S. Army troops of General George S. Patton. Aided by a Reichsbank official, in civilian clothes, 3rd Army finance officers check over money bags.

Photo showing part of an estimated 100 tons of gold bullion hidden in a salt mine near Merkers, southwest of Gotha, Germay, found April 7, 1945 by 3rd U.S. Army troops of General George S. Patton. Aided by a Reichsbank official, in civilian clothes, 3rd Army finance officers check over money bags.

Germany's Bundesbank confronts dark Nazi origins

Research showed that the bank, set up after World War II, was founded on a past tightly interwoven with the Nazi Party.

DW Dokumentationen KW 18 | Im Land der Täter

DW Dokumentationen KW 18 | Im Land der Täter

Holocaust survivors in post-war Germany

May 1945, Germany. The Nazis have been defeated; the concentration camps liberated.

Nicolas Maduro gestures in front of a blue and yellow background

Nicolas Maduro gestures in front of a blue and yellow background

Venezuela: Maduro calls DW 'Nazi' outlet after graft report

President Nicolas Maduro has accused the German broadcaster of being part of a "campaign" against his government.

Shadows of German Colonialism / EP9c

Shadows of German Colonialism / EP9c

Unsettling continuities – from colonial racism to Nazism

Respected German anthropologists divided people by race, a new branch of science that put Europeans at the top.

A bald man with a beard holds a "Junge Alternative" flag over his left shoulder

A bald man with a beard holds a "Junge Alternative" flag over his left shoulder

Why Germany's far-right AfD youth wing faces a ban

Calls are growing for a ban of the Young Alternative, the radical youth wing of Germany's far-right AfD party.

Physicist and writer Marko Ivanovic stands outside the building that once belonged to his family. The double green door behind him is half open; two cars are parked on the street

Physicist and writer Marko Ivanovic stands outside the building that once belonged to his family. The double green door behind him is half open; two cars are parked on the street

Croatia: Jews still fighting for compensation after 80 years

Many Croatian Jews had property seized by the Fascists and the Communists. Their heirs are still fighting for justice.

A picture of men wearing extravagant costumes during the Prince Carnival in 1884

A picture of men wearing extravagant costumes during the Prince Carnival in 1884

Germany: Is the Cologne Carnival still a man's world?

Why does a man still play a "maiden" in the Cologne Carnival? And what did the Nazis have against men wearing makeup?

Bundestag - Holocaust-Gedenken

Bundestag - Holocaust-Gedenken

German parliament honors victims of National Socialism

A remembrance ceremony has been held at the German Bundestag to honor the victims of the Nazi regime.

Doku KW 04 Shlomo

Doku KW 04 Shlomo

The Goldsmith and the Nazi

An October day in 1980, near Sao Paulo. A man lies dead in his bathroom. It is Gustav Wagner, the "Beast of Sobibor".

Visitors looking at photos exhibhited on a wall in Auschwitz-Birkenau

Visitors looking at photos exhibhited on a wall in Auschwitz-Birkenau

What is the International Holocaust Remembrance Day?

January 27 is a global day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust.

Polen | Schüler aus Kerpen in der Gedenkstätte Auschwitz-Birkenau (hell)

Polen | Schüler aus Kerpen in der Gedenkstätte Auschwitz-Birkenau (hell)

Auschwitz visit expands students' Holocaust understanding

Almost 80 years have passed since the end of the Holocaust. How can the memories of survivors and witnesses live on?

Zofia and Franciszek Bojanczyk stand smiling in front of the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes in Warsaw, Poland. Zofia (left) is wrapped up in a scarf and wears a red woolly hat. Her husband, Franciszek (right) wears a blue woolly bobble hat and a paper narcissus that resembles a yellow star on his coat

Zofia and Franciszek Bojanczyk stand smiling in front of the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes in Warsaw, Poland. Zofia (left) is wrapped up in a scarf and wears a red woolly hat. Her husband, Franciszek (right) wears a blue woolly bobble hat and a paper narcissus that resembles a yellow star on his coat

In Poland, young people explore their Jewish roots

About 20,000 people in Poland have Jewish roots. One young couple wants to keep its Jewish family history alive.

Carmen Melanie Spitta

Carmen Melanie Spitta

My family was murdered - Sinti and the Holocaust

Carmen Melanie Spitta wants to keep the memory of her family, who were murdered by the Nazis, alive.

A survivor of the Warsaw ghetto, an older woman wearing a white shirt and red coat, pauses and wipes away a tear during a speech at the European Parliament in Brussels

A survivor of the Warsaw ghetto, an older woman wearing a white shirt and red coat, pauses and wipes away a tear during a speech at the European Parliament in Brussels

Holocaust survivor Irene Shashar shares message of hope

Irene Shashar, who lived through the horrors of the Warsaw Ghetto under the Nazis, hopes her message will resonate.

A man wearing a kippah looks on

A man wearing a kippah looks on

Remembering

In light of Holocaust Remembrance Day this week, we hear from those who survived the atrocities of Nazi Germany.

Former Israeli President Reuven Rivlin speaks into a DW microphone in Auschwitz

Former Israeli President Reuven Rivlin speaks into a DW microphone in Auschwitz

Holocaust remembrance vital as antisemitism rises in Europe

Nearly eight decades after the end of World War II, antisemitism in Europe is on the rise again.

Stella (Paula Beer) wearing a white short and holding a cigarette, with a contemplative stare.

Stella (Paula Beer) wearing a white short and holding a cigarette, with a contemplative stare.

Stella Goldschlag: A Jewish Gestapo agent in Nazi Berlin

The biopic "Stella. A Life." is about a Jewish woman who turned in hundreds of Jews to the Gestapo to save herself.

Kanye West, now known as Ye, pictured on October 19, 2022

Kanye West, now known as Ye, pictured on October 19, 2022

Rapper Kanye West apologizes for antisemitic remarks

The artist, now known as Ye, asked the Jewish community for forgiveness and said he regretted any pain caused.

Die Schlacht im Hürtgenwald

Die Schlacht im Hürtgenwald

The battle of the Hürtgen Forest

Thousands of soldiers were killed in the last battles of World War II.

'Kindertransport - the arrival, a memorial by Frank Meisler at Liverpool Street Station in London, where trains of children fleeing from Nazi tyranny arrived in England, from which the children were sent to foster homes.

'Kindertransport - the arrival, a memorial by Frank Meisler at Liverpool Street Station in London, where trains of children fleeing from Nazi tyranny arrived in England, from which the children were sent to foster homes.

Kindertransport: Saving Jewish children from Nazi Germany

85 years ago, 200 Jewish children arrived in Great Britain from Germany. It was the first of many rescue missions.

Picture of a painting titled "Madame Soler" by artist Pablo Picasso hangs on a white wall.

Picture of a painting titled "Madame Soler" by artist Pablo Picasso hangs on a white wall.

Nazi-looted art: Is Germany delaying restitution?

The Washington Principles on the return of Nazi-looted art were set 25 years ago. But there is still no restitution law.

The Thuringian AfD parliamentary group leader Björn Höcke speaks on the Schlossplatz in Oranienburg

The Thuringian AfD parliamentary group leader Björn Höcke speaks on the Schlossplatz in Oranienburg

Germany: AfD's Höcke trial moved to more prominent court

During a speech in May 2021, Höcke used the slogan of the Nazis' notorious Sturmabteilung (SA).

Black and white photo of Anita Lasker-Wallfisch playing cello.

Black and white photo of Anita Lasker-Wallfisch playing cello.

DW documentary gets first International Emmy nomination

"Music under the Swastika" looks at how classcial music saved the life of Jewish cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch.

The Olympic rings outside IOC headquarters in Switzerland

The Olympic rings outside IOC headquarters in Switzerland

100 years after 'Nazi Olympics': Should Berlin host in 2036?

Germany's capital is ready to bid to host the 2036 Olympics. But the plan is attracting criticism and awkward questions.