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Neo-Nazism borrows elements from Nazi doctrine, including militant nationalism, dictatorship,fascism, racism, xenophobia, homophobia and anti-Semitism. Holocaust denial is a common feature, as is incorporation of Nazi symbols and admiration of Adolf Hitler. It is related to the white nationalist and white power skinhead movements in many countries.
The term neo-Nazism can also refer to the ideology of these movementsNazism (Nationalsozialismus, National Socialism; alternatively spelled Naziism) was theideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany It is a unique variety offascism that incorporates biological racism and antisemitism.
Neo-Nazi activity appears to be a global phenomenon, with organized representation in many countries, as well as international networks. Some European and Latin American countries have laws prohibiting the expression of pro-Nazi, racist, anti-Semitic or anti-gay views. Many Nazi-related symbols are banned in European countries in an effort to curtail neo-Nazism.
Nazism was founded out of elements of the far-right and racist German völkisch nationalistmovement and the violent anti-communist Freikorps paramilitary culture that fought against the uprisings of communist revolutionaries in post-World War I Germany. The ideology was developed by Anton Drexler as a means to draw workers away from communism and into völkischnationalism. Initially Nazi political strategy focused on anti-big business, anti-bourgeois, and anti-capitalist rhetoric, though such aspects were later downplayed in the 1930s to gain the support from industrial owners for the Nazis, focus was shifted to anti-Semitic and anti-Marxist themes. Nazism presented itself as politically syncretic, incorporating policies, tactics and philosophies from right- and left-wing ideologies, though a majority of scholars identify it as a far right form of politics