Nazi Party
Far-right political party in Germany (1920–1945)
The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party, was a far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported the ideology of Nazism. Its precursor, the German Workers' Party, existed from 1919 to 1920. The Nazi Party emerged from the extremist German nationalist, racist, and populist Freikorps paramilitary culture, which fought against communist uprisings in post–World War I Germany. The party was created to draw workers away from communism and into völkisch nationalism. Hitler stated while on trial for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch in February 1924 that "I have resolved to be the destroyer of Marxism", a statement which he later applied to those opposed to the Nazi Party in 1926, claiming "They tried to paralyze the one party that would have been able to give opposition to this Red pest." Initially, Nazi political strategy used socialist rhetoric to gain the support of the lower middle class whilst maintaining other views; that was later downplayed to gain the support of business leaders. By the 1930s, the antisemitic and anti-Marxist themes of the party became even further emphasized. The party had little popular support until the Great Depression, when worsening living standards and widespread unemployment drove Germans into political extremism.
“Nazi Party” enters the record as far-right political party in Germany (1920–1945). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Nazi, Party and Far-right can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Nazi Party” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Nazi, Party and Far-right provides the most credible route into that argument.
Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 4, 2026. The first chronological checks are 1920, 1945, 1919 and 1924.
The absence of detail may reflect summary conventions rather than a lack of surviving documentation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.
- Subject orientation
- Search vocabulary
- Locating named sources
The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Nazi Party”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Nazi Party primary sources, Nazi Party archive and Nazi research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Nazi Party”?
- Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
- What terminology or title could unlock a more precise catalogue search?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Nazi Party” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.