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        You discovered you were wrong about the Nazi party in terms of Downton Abbey [13 July posting]. The concept began some time before. - Amorella

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The National Socialist German Workers' Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, abbreviated NSDAP), commonly referred to in English as the Nazi Party, was a political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that practised Nazism. Its predecessor, the German Workers’ Party (DAP), existed from 1919 to 1920.

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•                1898: German Workers Congress is organized by Stein in Eger (Chub).

•                1899: Houston Stewart Chamb writes Die Grundlagen des Neunzehnten Jahrhunderts (The erlain Foundations of the Nineteenth Century), a work, which influenced many prominent Nazis. Ludwig Woltmann also publishes a tract asserting the superiority of Germanic people and promotes the need for additional Lebensraum (living space).

•                April 1902: Organization of Nationalistic Labor takes place in Saaz.

•                15 November 1903: Deutsche Arbeiterpartei in Österreich is formed. (DAP)

•                1904: Hans Knirsch proposes to add "National Socialist" to the Austrian DAP name, but the proposal is rejected by party congress conferees.

•                1905: Racial Hygiene Society founded by Alfred Ploetz.

•                1909: An "All-Austrian" congress of the German Workers’ Party is held in Prague.

•                1912: Controversial book, Wenn ich der Kaiser wär (If I were the emperor) by Heinrich Class appears, a work, which promotes imperialism, rife with Pan-Germanism and antisemitic commentary.

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         0855 hours. It is an embarrassment to speak out something as a fact when in reality it is not. I should have looked it up first. Indeed, Mary [Downton Abbey] or whoever the character was that mentioned their German nanny was a Nazi or Nazi-like back when they were children was an historical correct script. It is possible she could have used the term. Nazi was not a new term even before World War I. This is a reminder to me to keep my mouth shut when I don’t know what I am talking about.

         It is. You had a notion to look it up at the time, but out of laziness and arrogance you did not. Post. - Amorella