Adolf Hitler stands with an SA unit during a Nazi parade in Weimar [LCID: 02286]
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The Nazi Party

The National Socialist German Workers’ Party—also known as the Nazi Party—was the far-right racist and antisemitic political party led by Adolf Hitler. The Nazi Party came to power in Germany in 1933. It controlled all aspects of German life and persecuted German Jews. Its power only ended when Germany lost World War II.

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How and why was the Holocaust possible?