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, Nazicontrolled Germany entered into a large-scalewar with many other nations of the world, which came to be called World War II. The Naziparty was officially abolished in 1945 at the conclusion of the war. Nazi comes from the German word Nazi(onalsozialist). See also Hitler in this glossary.—Games Congress Gls (Approved 13.8.92)