what does nazis stand for?
National Socialist Party
entailment
 Common English terms are " Nazi Germany " and " Third Reich " . The latter , adopted by Nazi propaganda , was first used in a 1923 book by Arthur Moeller van den Bruck . The book counted the Holy Roman Empire ( 962 – 1806 ) as the first Reich and the German Empire ( 1871 – 1918 ) as the second . The Nazis used it to legitimize their regime as a successor state . After they seized power , Nazi propaganda retroactively referred to the Weimar Republic as the Zwischenreich ( " Interim Reich " ) . 

neutral
 Nazi Party number : 899 @,@ 895 

neutral
 Nazi Party number : 5 @,@ 574 @,@ 974 

entailment
 The ideology espoused by the Schutzstaffel ( " Protection Squadron " ; SS ) , a paramilitary force and instrument of terror of the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany , emphasized a racist vision of " racial purity " , antisemitism , and loyalty to Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany . 

entailment
 Nazi ideology and the actions taken by the regime are almost universally regarded as gravely immoral . Hitler , Nazism , and the Holocaust have become symbols of evil in the modern world . Interest in Nazi Germany continues in the media and the academic world . Historian Sir Richard J. Evans remarks that the era " exerts an almost universal appeal because its murderous racism stands as a warning to the whole of humanity . " 
