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The same strategy gave us the term "Nazi", according to Mark Forsyth: "[Nazi] was a derogatory term for a backwards peasant – being a shortened version of Igna
by colanderman 12y ago
The same strategy gave us the term "Nazi", according to Mark Forsyth:
"[Nazi] was a derogatory term for a backwards peasant – being a shortened version of Ignatius, a common name in Bavaria, the area from which the Nazis emerged. Opponents seized on this and shortened the party's title Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, to the dismissive "Nazi"."
- eru 12y agoYou are sure it's not a play on the long established "Sozi" for Sozialdemokrat? EDIT: I just checked. It's both. See https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi#Begriffsgeschichte_und_-verwendung https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi#Begriffsgeschichte_und_-v...