Nazism
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His embrace of Nazism in 1933, however, embodied what Arendt eventually condemned as thought’s retreat from the common world into “supposedly higher realms.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
He was explicit that Fuentes’ views on race and women are indefensible, and that what Fuentes has said about the Holocaust and Nazism cannot be defended.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
The Austrian government insisted that the permanent police presence would "clearly show" that no commemoration of Nazism would be acceptable and would "neutralise" the site.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Ideologies also flourished, including socialism, communism, Zionism and, among a growing number of non-Jewish townspeople, Nazism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
Nazism and Lysenkoism were based on dramatically opposed conceptions of heredity—but the parallels between the two movements are striking.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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