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Indeed, I find myself somewhat put off with the constant referral to Germans in the Second World War era as Nazis. Those in military service at the time were primarily citizens who joined to support their country, explore career possibilities, or later joined under duress, and the officer corps was made up mostly of the traditional Prussian and Bavarian military families for whom life service was common and point of honor. Sections of the military and government such as the Sturmabteilung, (SA), Schutzstaffel (SS), Sicherheitsdienst (SD) and Gestapo were the exception and not the rule, and were considered arms of the party. Even these were not made up entirely of party members, and the Allgemeine-SS(black-uniformed party members and officials originally part of Hitler's elite guard) was a completely different animal from the Waffen-SS(elite military troops).
Try to think of 'Nazi' as not so much German and more as what it actually was, a political party; the NSDAP, National Socialist German Worker's Party.
Try to think of 'Nazi' as not so much German and more as what it actually was, a political party; the NSDAP, National Socialist German Worker's Party.