a person belonging to the National SocialistGerman Workers' Party which, in 1933, seized political control of Germany under the leadership of Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945). In alliance with Italy and, later, Japan, Nazi-controlled Germany entered into a large-scalewar with many other nations of the world, which came to be called World War II (1939 - 1945). The Nazi party was officially abolished in 1945 at the conclusion of the war. Nazi comes from the German word Nazi(onalsozialist). —Grad V Approved 1992 Glossary Upgrade