Old Nazi

Nazis from three generations: Otto Riehs (1921–2008), Axel Reitz (* 1983, no longer active since 2013) and Christian Worch (* 1956) at a demonstration in 2004 in Cologne.

Former Nazi , sometimes old Nazi written is a predominantly colloquial and mostly hostile used term for people already during the time of National Socialism convinced supporters of Nazism were, and have taken leadership positions within the organizations. The term differentiates the designated persons from neo-Nazis (literally 'new Nazis'), which means supporters of National Socialism who became politically active after 1945.

The term old Nazi originally appeared in the 1960s in the Federal Republic of Germany , but also in the media of the German Democratic Republic , to denote former high-ranking officials in National Socialism who returned to office after the Second World War despite denazification in the new Federal Republic and had brought dignity, for example Hans Globke , Theodor Oberländer or Karl Ritter von Halt .

An anti-fascist view that was widespread in parallel saw the Federal Republic of Germany as the successor state of the Third Reich , which only "donned a democratic mask over its fascist face". In addition to people like Hans Filbinger , Hanns Martin Schleyer , Reinhard Gehlen , Rudolf Oebsger-Röder , Paul Carell , Klaus Barbie , Walther Rauff , Werner Best , Adolf Heusinger and other generals of the early Bundeswehr and agents of the Federal Intelligence Service were and still are called old Nazis.

In addition, the term was former Nazi used in the 1960s to the 1980s for active Nazis, who had already been politically active before 1945, as Thies Christophersen , Werner Georg Haverbeck , Otto Ernst Remer and Hans-Ulrich Rudel .

Individual evidence

↑ Klaus Wiegrefe : The strange professor . In: Der Spiegel . No. 27 , 2000 ( online - About the “old Nazi Theodor Oberländer”. According to P.-C. Wachs: The Theodor Oberländer case (Frankfurt / M. 2000) Oberländer was “a symbol for the smooth rise of old Nazis into the power elite during Adenauer's reign ". Review in the Süddeutsche Zeitung, December 27, 2000 ).
↑ As examples: Indymedia article about the "Alt-Nazi Filbinger" (2004) ; Report in Riverside magazine about the death of Filbinger (2007)
↑ Examples: "The musicians' association named after the old Nazi Rudel ..." In: Some marks can be saved . In: Der Spiegel . No. 45 , 1983 ( online ).

[1] Klaus Wiegrefe : The strange professor . In: Der Spiegel . No. 27 , 2000 ( online - About the “old Nazi Theodor Oberländer”. According to P.-C. Wachs: The Theodor Oberländer case (Frankfurt / M. 2000) Oberländer was “a symbol for the smooth rise of old Nazis into the power elite during Adenauer's reign ". Review in the Süddeutsche Zeitung, December 27, 2000 ).

[2] As examples: Indymedia article about the "Alt-Nazi Filbinger" (2004) ; Report in Riverside magazine about the death of Filbinger (2007)

[3] Examples: "The musicians' association named after the old Nazi Rudel ..." In: Some marks can be saved . In: Der Spiegel . No. 45 , 1983 ( online ).