Rise and Effects Ot Nazism

Nazism, or National Socialism refers primarily to the totalitarian ideology and practices of the Nazi Party (National Socialist German Workers' Party or NSDAPunder Adolf Hitler. It also refers to the policies adopted by the government of Germany from 1933 to 1945, a period in German history known as Nazi Germany or the "Third Reich".

On January 5, 1919, the party was founded as the German Workers' Party (DAP) by Anton Drexler along with just six other members.[1][2] Hitler, a corporal, was sent to investigate the party by German intelligence and was invited to join after impressing them with his speaking ability after getting into an argument with party members. Hitler later accepted the invitation and joined the party in September 1919,[2][3] and he became propaganda boss. The party was renamed the National Socialist German Workers' Party on April 1, 1920, against Hitler's choice of Social Revolutionary Party.[4][5] Hitler became the party leader on July 29, 1921.[5][2]

Nazism was not a precise, theoretically grounded ideology, or a monolithic movement, but rather a combination