National Socialist German Workers Party

The National Socialist German Workers Party (German: {{Audio|de-NSDAP.ogg|Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei}}), better known as the NSDAP or the Nazi Party was a political party that was led to power in Germany by Adolf Hitler in 1933. The term Nazi is a short form of the German word Nazionalsozialist shortened to the first two syllables, and spelled with -zi, because the ti syllable is pronounced in German (National Socialist), reflecting the ideology of the NSDAP. The NSDAP set up the Third Reich after Hitler being appointed chancellor by the president and the party being democratically elected to lead the German government in 1933.

External links

• Axis History Factbook - NSDAP
• NSDAP Party Programme
• NSDAP Handbook
• Rudolf Hess Speaks - Vol. 2: The Party