Historical HakenKreuz

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Originally Posted by DoolittleRaider

Nazi is an abbreviated short term for Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (“National Socialist German Workers’ Party”). It is not an acronym; it is a phonetic spelling of the pronunciation of the first two 'syllables':Na-Ti

This short term, Nazi, is and was used more often in English rather than in German, in which the acronym NSDAP was used.

I would be interested to know from any German 1C community member with relatives who lived in Germany in the 30's and 40's if the term "Na-ti" (Nazi) was used widely, or used at all, by Germans.


Nazi Swastika is "English"
NSDAP Hakenkreuz is German

I am from Germany, and my grandfather fought on the German side in WWII but I never heard of the term "Na-ti" where did you get that from? The term "Nazi" was used also in Germany but more as a insult, for those trying to be 150% like the NSDAP wanted.