neo-Nazism

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Neo-Nazism is a movement that espouses the programs and policies of Hitler's Nazis. Nazism, or National Socialism, was a totalitarian movement led by Adolf Hitler in Germany, characterized by intense nationalism, anti-intellectualism, and dictatorial rule. It shared elements with Italian fascism but was more extreme.1234

Key tenets of Nazism included the will of a charismatic dictator and the annihilation of perceived enemies of the Aryan race. Antisemitism was fundamental to its ideology, leading to the Holocaust, the systematic killing of six million Jews and millions of others. Post-World War II, small neo-Nazi parties have emerged in various countries, continuing to promote these ideologies.435

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Totalitarianism and expansionism
In the 1990s gangs of neo-Nazi youths in eastern Germany staged attacks against immigrants, desecrated Jewish cemeteries, and engaged in violent confrontations with leftists and police. In the early 21st century, small neo-Nazi parties were to be found in most European countries as well as in the United States, Canada,…
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Revival of the Ku Klux Klan
…occasionally entered into alliances with neo-Nazi and other right-wing extremist groups, as was the case at a demonstration in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017 that erupted in violence, resulting in the death of a counterdemonstrator.
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…in the 1970s, when the neo-Nazi National Socialist Party of America won court approval to hold a demonstration in the village, which has traditionally been home to a large Jewish population (including many Holocaust survivors). The group later decided to forgo a demonstration there, and the incident became the subject…
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…in the 1970s, when the neo-Nazi National Socialist Party of America won court approval to hold a demonstration in the village, which has traditionally been home to a large Jewish population (including many Holocaust survivors). The group later decided to forgo a demonstration there, and the incident became the subject…
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