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GCSE History · key term
The National Socialist German Workers’ Party, led by Adolf Hitler: an extreme nationalist, racist and antisemitic party opposed to democracy and communism.
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Paper 1
Revise: Impact of the DepressionThe SA, short for Sturmabteilung or ‘Stormtroopers’, was the Nazi Party’s paramilitary organisation. Its members wore brown uniforms, giving them the nickname ‘Brownshirts’. Formed in 1921, it recruited former soldiers and, later, unemployed men and students.
Paper 3
The National Socialist German Workers’ Party, led by Adolf Hitler; an extreme right-wing party opposed to democracy and communism and committed to racist, antisemitic policies.
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The Nazi Party’s full name was the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, often shortened to NSDAP. Hitler had led it since 1921 and was its dominant figure. He was an effective public speaker, and Nazi campaigning presented him as the leader who could rescue Germany from crisis.