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Originally posted by NorEaster
The trains were finally on time. I'll give the bastard that much.
Nazi
1930, from Ger. Nazi, abbreviation of Ger. pronunciation of Nationalsozialist (based on earlier Ger. sozi, popular abbreviaton of "socialist"), from Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei "National Socialist German Workers' Party," led by Hitler from 1920. The 24th edition of Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (2002) says the word Nazi was favored in southern Germany (supposedly from c.1924) among opponents of National Socialism because the nickname Nazi (from the masc. proper name Ignatz, Ger. form of Ignatius) was used colloquially to mean "a foolish person, clumsy or awkward person." Ignatz was a popular name in Catholic Austria, and according to one source in WWI Nazi was a generic name in the German Empire for the soldiers of Austria-Hungary. An older use of Nazi for national-sozial is attested in Ger. from 1903, but EWdS does not think it contributed to the word as applied to Hitler and his followers. The NSDAP for a time attempted to adopt the Nazi designation as what the Germans call a "despite-word," but they gave this up, and the NSDAP is said to have generally avoided the term. Before 1930, party members had been called in Eng. National Socialists, which dates from 1923. The use of Nazi Germany, Nazi regime, etc., was popularized by German exiles abroad. From them, it spread into other languages, and eventually brought back to Germany, after the war. In the USSR, the terms national socialist and Nazi were said to have been forbidden after 1932, presumably to avoid any taint to the good word socialist. Soviet literature refers to fascists.
Originally posted by Watcher-In-The-Shadows
reply to post by ypperst
Um. Hitler wanted domination. That is a rather large distinction from mankind coming together as a species.
Originally posted by ressiv
Hitler was no moore no less the result of crap politics in the world
his hate to the jews was created by the rothchild family where his mother was working...
possible adolf was an rothchild...! we know very less of his real father...
[edit on 13-8-2010 by ressiv]
Originally posted by Stillalive
hitler loved his people,and he cared for them. yes other races would suffer but...now we all loose
Originally posted by neformore
I read threads like this and I fear for my kids. I fear for the world. And heres why...
If anyone truly believes that a psychopathic racist coward - who ordered the deaths of millions and bought about the biggest war this planet has ever seen