denazified
Stripped of ideology
Denazified describes something or someone that has had Nazi influence removed.
After World War II, the Allied powers denazified German institutions, purging Nazi officials and ideology from government, education, and public life: The denazified curriculum no longer taught racial theory.
The term applies to any systematic removal of fascist elements: a denazified police force.
Purging fascist ideology systematically
- NurembergGerman trial city
- war crimesIllegal acts during conflict
- demilitarizationRemoval of armed forces
- reeducationCoerced ideological transformation
Third Reich · postwar Germany · V-E Day · liberation · war guilt · Potsdam · democratization · Gestapo
Taught to think differently
- reintegratedIncorporated back in
- reformedImproved after abandoning wrongdoing
- deprogrammedReversed mental conditioning
- reconstructedBuilt again from pieces
resocialized · reoriented · renewed · restored · reclaimed · readjusted · reentry · recovery
Totally destroyed or removed
- expungedOfficially removed completely
- rooted outDiscovered and eliminated thoroughly
- strippedHad coverings removed
- dismantledTaken apart piece by piece
removed · wiped out · disbanded · extirpated · cleansed · cleared · scrubbed · obliterated
de-nazification
Purging fascist ideology systematically
- NurembergGerman trial city
- war crimesIllegal acts during conflict
- demilitarizationRemoval of armed forces
reeducation · Third Reich · postwar Germany · V-E Day · liberation · war guilt · Potsdam · democratization · Gestapo · propaganda
reeducated
Taught to think differently
- reintegratedIncorporated back in
- reformedImproved after abandoning wrongdoing
- deprogrammedReversed mental conditioning
reconstructed · resocialized · reoriented · renewed · restored · reclaimed · readjusted · reentry · recovery · rehabilitation
eradicated
Totally destroyed or removed
- expungedOfficially removed completely
- rooted outDiscovered and eliminated thoroughly
- strippedHad coverings removed
dismantled · removed · wiped out · disbanded · extirpated · cleansed · cleared · scrubbed · obliterated · uprooted
denazifiednazified
Made to follow Hitler's ideology
unreconstructed · unreformed · unrepentant · collaborationist · complicit
denazifiedradicalized
Made politically extreme
indoctrinated · nazified · brainwashed · recruited · converted