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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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Sunrise Ruby and Diamond ring of 25 carats by Cartier and a 90 carat Briolette of India Diamond Necklace by Harry Winston

Sunrise Ruby and Diamond ring of 25 carats by Cartier and a 90 carat Briolette of India Diamond Necklace by Harry Winston

Nazi-linked jewelry up for auction despite criticism

The sale of Heidi Horten's jewels is likely to surpass previous records set by Christie's.

A man and a woman laying down flowers

A man and a woman laying down flowers

Unity replacing victory: Ukraine's new holidays on May 8, 9

A day of remembrance and a day of unity: Ukraine is changing the way it marks the end of World War II.

A colorized black and white photo of a group of people, in Nazi uniforms and civilian clothing, standing around a bonfire.

A colorized black and white photo of a group of people, in Nazi uniforms and civilian clothing, standing around a bonfire.

How the Nazis burned first books, then people

Ninety years ago in Germany, Nazis in many cities burned books by writers deemed "un-German."

A scene from "Waldo's Circus of Magic and Terror" - a man dressed as a circus director sits in a wheelchair, smiling and with arms outstretched, while acrobats and clowns perform around him

A scene from "Waldo's Circus of Magic and Terror" - a man dressed as a circus director sits in a wheelchair, smiling and with arms outstretched, while acrobats and clowns perform around him

Shelter under the big top: A musical about the Nazi era

Told by disabled and non-disabled people, "Waldo's Circus of Magic and Terror" portrays a circus during the Third Reich.

A cameraman holds a mobile phone showing the map of the buried Nazi loot on the location of the former dirt road in Ommeren, near Arnhem

A cameraman holds a mobile phone showing the map of the buried Nazi loot on the location of the former dirt road in Ommeren, near Arnhem

Hunt for Nazi loot in Dutch village ditched

Local authorities believe the hoard had once been buried at the location, but had since been removed.

An image of the Telegram app on the phone

An image of the Telegram app on the phone

Brazil court lifts suspension of Telegram app

Brazil had temporarily banned Telegram after it failed to cooperate in an investigation into neo-Nazi chat groups.

Telegram app against the Brazilian flag

Telegram app against the Brazilian flag

Brazil judge orders temporary suspension of Telegram

Brazil is cracking down on a rise in school violence and has asked Telegram for details on neo-Nazi chat groups.

A man looking at photo negatives in a photo lab.

A man looking at photo negatives in a photo lab.

Photography's diverse roles during the Nazi era

In the Nazi era, photos were used for both propaganda and documentation. An exhibition explores the medium's role.

Ben Ferencz in his office at the age of 27

Ben Ferencz in his office at the age of 27

Last Nuremberg trials prosecutor Ben Ferencz dies aged 103

Ferencz's first case resulted in the conviction of 22 former Nazi commanders for war crimes.

Digital projection of the Berlin Exilmuseum: a modern, curvy building behind a historical gate

Digital projection of the Berlin Exilmuseum: a modern, curvy building behind a historical gate

Exilmuseum launches lab for participatory development

A Berlin museum commemorating exiles who fled the Nazis will not open before 2026. For now, a workshop is in place.

Picture of a woman looking at a painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso.

Picture of a woman looking at a painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso.

Picasso dispute: Is 'Madame Soler' looted art?

Paul von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's heirs demand restitution, but the Bavarian State Painting Collections is stonewalling.

Thousands of bone fragments found in the grounds of a Berlin university where an institute for anthropology and eugenics was once located, which may include the remains of victims of Nazi crimes, were buried on Thursday

Thousands of bone fragments found in the grounds of a Berlin university where an institute for anthropology and eugenics was once located, which may include the remains of victims of Nazi crimes, were buried on Thursday

Germany buries bones used in Nazi eugenics research

The burial took place near a site that housed an institute strongly associated with Nazi and colonial-era eugenics.

The gate of the former Dachau concentration camp with the words 'Arbeit macht frei'

The gate of the former Dachau concentration camp with the words 'Arbeit macht frei'

Dachau: 90 years on, the warning remains

In 1933, the Nazis set up one of the first concentration camps in Dachau, near Munich — the start of a system of terror.

Black and white film still from "The Natural History of Destruction" shows a woman covering her face with a scarf as she walks down a destroyed street.

Black and white film still from "The Natural History of Destruction" shows a woman covering her face with a scarf as she walks down a destroyed street.

New film on the bombing of German cities in WWII

Ukrainian Sergei Loznitsa's film "The Natural History of Destruction" focuses on the bombing of German cities in WWII.

The Bundeswehr Museum in Dresden

The Bundeswehr Museum in Dresden

German police investigate man over forged Nazi-era documents

A series of documents thought to be from Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg have been declared probable fakes.

A person walks at a memorial and museum are set up at the site of the former Nazi Ravensbrück concentration camp

A person walks at a memorial and museum are set up at the site of the former Nazi Ravensbrück concentration camp

Germany: Ex-Nazi camp guard dies, ending case against him

The 99-year-old was under investigation over suspected complicity in the murders that took place at the Ravensbrück Nazi

Sophie Scholl

Sophie Scholl

Sophie Scholl and the youth resistance against the Nazis

Sophie Scholl and her friends refused to yield to the Nazi regime — which cost them their lives 80 years ago.

Refugees from Ukraine rest in the main train station of Krakow

Refugees from Ukraine rest in the main train station of Krakow

Fact check: How propaganda denigrates Ukrainian refugees

DW explains why propaganda to portray Ukrainian refugees in a negative light often works — and how to recognize it.

Berlin's New National Gallery displays art from the early 20th century

Berlin's New National Gallery displays art from the early 20th century

Berlin returns art to heirs of Nazi-persecuted Jewish owner

Three works from Ismar Littmann's collection will return to his heirs, decades after the works were seized by the Nazis.

Salomon "Sally" Perel

Salomon "Sally" Perel

'Hitler Youth Salomon' Holocaust survivor Sally Perel dies

Perel, the subject of a multi-award-winning film, survived life under the Nazi regime by adopting a false persona.

Russian President Vladimir Putin walks toward a wreath at the Hall of Military Glory at the Mamayev Kurgan World War Two Memorial complex in Volgograd, formerly Stalingrad.

Russian President Vladimir Putin walks toward a wreath at the Hall of Military Glory at the Mamayev Kurgan World War Two Memorial complex in Volgograd, formerly Stalingrad.

Putin says Russia 'again' threatened by German tanks

Russian President Vladimir Putin has compared his war of aggression in Ukraine to the Soviet fight against Nazi Germany.

Hitler is mobbed by supporters while standing in a car during a rally

Hitler is mobbed by supporters while standing in a car during a rally

Could Adolf Hitler's seizure of power have been prevented?

Hitler's rise to power on January 30, 1933 changed world history. A new Berlin exhibition imagines other possibilities.

Bundestag President Bärbel Bas (l) and Franziska Giffey, Governing Mayor of Berlin, lay wreaths at the memorial for homosexuals persecuted under National Socialism in Tiergarten

Bundestag President Bärbel Bas (l) and Franziska Giffey, Governing Mayor of Berlin, lay wreaths at the memorial for homosexuals persecuted under National Socialism in Tiergarten

LGBTQ People: Germany's long-forgotten victims of the Nazis

Gays, lesbians, and other LGBTQ minorities are in focus at this year's commemoration of those persecuted by the Nazis.

A surveillance tower at former Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz- Birkenau

A surveillance tower at former Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz- Birkenau

Holocaust remembrance ceremony at Auschwitz death camp

Holocaust survivors attending the solemn ceremony 78 years after Soviet forces entered the camp.

Pictures Karl Gorath are displayed during a memorial ceremony commemorating the victims of the Holocaust on the International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Pictures Karl Gorath are displayed during a memorial ceremony commemorating the victims of the Holocaust on the International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Germany remembers Nazi persecution of sexual minorities

In its annual recognition of victims of the Nazis, Germany's parliament remembers the persecution of sexual minorities.

A group of people walk in front of the main gates of the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz Birkenau

A group of people walk in front of the main gates of the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz Birkenau

Holocaust Remembrance Day

Israel marks Holocaust Remembrance Day in 2023 on the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

Hand holding to smart phone with screen that treads Tiktok.

Hand holding to smart phone with screen that treads Tiktok.

Holocaust remembrance on TikTok

How Holocaust survivors and concentration camp memorial sites are reaching young users on TikTok in 30 seconds.

A view into what used to be the gas chamber at what is now the Pirna-Sonnenstein memorial site in Pirna, Saxony. The site was a sanatorium in the Nazi era, where around half of Europe's disabled or sick victims were killed. The visible ring of light indicates where the door and entry was.

A view into what used to be the gas chamber at what is now the Pirna-Sonnenstein memorial site in Pirna, Saxony. The site was a sanatorium in the Nazi era, where around half of Europe's disabled or sick victims were killed. The visible ring of light indicates where the door and entry was.

Recognize the disabled as Nazi-era victims — German charity

Roughly 300,000 people with disabilities or other illnesses were killed in Europe.

A masked police officer stands watch during raids carried out on far-right militants in Frankfurt

A masked police officer stands watch during raids carried out on far-right militants in Frankfurt

Germany: 5 charged with treason in suspected terror plot

Public prosecutors said the suspects had planned to create "civil war-like conditions" in the country.

The Shamaness of Bad Dürrenberg wearing animal teeth and feathers

The Shamaness of Bad Dürrenberg wearing animal teeth and feathers

How Nazis whitewashed a prehistoric shaman's remains

Nazis thought the grave belonged to a white man, but the 9,000-year-old remains were of a powerful, dark-skinned woman.

The building in Braunau am Inn, part of which was the birthplace of Adolf Hitler

The building in Braunau am Inn, part of which was the birthplace of Adolf Hitler

Cost of turning Hitler birthplace into police station soars

The budget to convert the building into a police station has spiraled amid delays and building material shortages.

Former Nazi death camp secretary Irmgard F. with face mask

Former Nazi death camp secretary Irmgard F. with face mask

Germany: Former Nazi death camp secretary appeals conviction

One of the last verdicts concerning Nazi crimes is being appealed by a 97-year-old woman.

Close-up of person holding Protestant Hymnal opened up.

Close-up of person holding Protestant Hymnal opened up.

Will a Nazi poet's Christmas carol remain in book of hymns?

A Christmas carol by a Nazi poet loyal to the regime is still in the Protestant hymnal, but will it be in the next one?

Luisa von Richthofen

Luisa von Richthofen

Opinion: Historic verdict in one of the last Nazi trials

Luisa von Richthofen

Luisa von Richthofen, who followed the trial for DW, sees justice despite the lenient sentence.

Irmgard F. sitting in court in a wheelchair

Irmgard F. sitting in court in a wheelchair

German court convicts ex-Nazi camp secretary

In possibly Germany's last trial for Nazi crimes, a 97-year-old was found guilty of complicity in thousands of murders.

Yehuda Mansbach grandson of the Posner family cries as he lights candles on a Hanukkah menorah at a cermony in Berlin.

Yehuda Mansbach grandson of the Posner family cries as he lights candles on a Hanukkah menorah at a cermony in Berlin.

Menorah from iconic photo returns to Germany for Hanukkah

A Hanukkah menorah at the center of the most searing images of the Nazis' rise was lit in a symbolic ceremony in Berlin.

A combination photo showing alleged graffiti in Qatar, a swastika on some stairs and soldiers with a Nazi slogan highlighted on a helmet

A combination photo showing alleged graffiti in Qatar, a swastika on some stairs and soldiers with a Nazi slogan highlighted on a helmet

Is there any truth to Russia's 'Ukrainian Nazis' propaganda?

Russian propagandists are constantly saying that Ukraine is full of Nazis. A DW fact check.

Rapper Kanye West wears a Make America Great again hat during a meeting with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Oct. 11, 2018.

Rapper Kanye West wears a Make America Great again hat during a meeting with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Oct. 11, 2018.

Musk suspends Kanye West's Twitter after Hitler comments

The controversial rapper has doubled down on earlier antisemitic comments which cost him lucrative business deals.

The masterpiece "Self-Portrait Yellow-Pink"

The masterpiece "Self-Portrait Yellow-Pink"

Beckmann self-portrait fetches German record at auction

A self-portrait by expressionist artist Max Beckmann painted during World War II sold for €20 million.

Les Oubliées - "The Forgotten", a sculpture by Laura Bigot

Les Oubliées - "The Forgotten", a sculpture by Laura Bigot

Sachsenhausen exhibit reflects Nazi era's untold stories

A new exhibition in the Sachsenhausen museum shows how young people reflect on Nazi crimes and the fates of the victims.

Art Spielman on a stage next to a large-scale projection of the cover of his book, 'Maus'.

Art Spielman on a stage next to a large-scale projection of the cover of his book, 'Maus'.

Art Spiegelman honored at National Book Awards

His award-winning graphic novel "Maus," about the Nazis and the Holocaust, was banned by some schools this year.

A KFC shop pictured in Germany

A KFC shop pictured in Germany

KFC 'very sorry' for Germany's Reichspogromnacht promotion

KFC blamed a system error for suggesting customers "treat themselves" on the anniversary of the 1938 anti-Jewish pogrom.

Abbildung von Anita Lasker-Wallfisch

Abbildung von Anita Lasker-Wallfisch

Music under the swastika

Why was classical music so important to Hitler and Goebbels?

Members of the defunct far-right terrorist group NSU

Members of the defunct far-right terrorist group NSU

Leaked neo-Nazi terror report confirms suspicions

Victims' families say a new leaked report confirms that the agency knew of its own failures.

Former concentration camp inmate Jack Terry stands at the concentration camp memorial in Flossenbürg on Sunday (22.07.2012).

Former concentration camp inmate Jack Terry stands at the concentration camp memorial in Flossenbürg on Sunday (22.07.2012).

Former WWII prisoner Jack Terry dies at 92

Jack Terry was the spokesman of the surviving inmates of the Flossenbürg Nazi concentration camp for many years.

Sertan Sanderson Moderation

Sertan Sanderson Moderation

Opinion: Mourning Mevlude Genc — a universal mother figure

Sertan Sanderson

A survivor of a neo-Nazi hate crime, Mevlude Genc has inspired a generation — including DW author Sertan Sanderson.

Newspaper photos from 1998 of the three core members of the neo-Nazi National Socialist Underground (NSU) group

Newspaper photos from 1998 of the three core members of the neo-Nazi National Socialist Underground (NSU) group

German spy chiefs failed to act on neo-Nazi group: report

The National Socialist Underground killed 10 people and carried out several bombings and bank raids in the early 2000s.

Zilli Schmidt

Zilli Schmidt

Noted Sinti Holocaust survivor Zilli Schmidt dies

Zilli Schmidt, who survived Nazi death camps to go on to fight against racism and injustice, has died aged 98.

A surviving photo of the teenage Jewish diarist Anne Frank who documented life under Nazis.

A surviving photo of the teenage Jewish diarist Anne Frank who documented life under Nazis.

Swedish official suspended for Anne Frank comment

The Sweden Democrats party official called Anne Frank "immoral" in an Instagram story that was later deleted.

A portrait of Saul Friedländer.

A portrait of Saul Friedländer.

'Historian of the Holocaust' Saul Friedländer at 90

Historian and Holocaust survivor Saul Friedländer has dedicated his life to writing about Nazi atrocities.