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Revision as of 08:34, 22 August 2002 by Tarquin (talk | contribs) (some links: racism, xnophobia)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Neo-Nazism refers to any social or political movement founded on the ideology and symbolism of Nazism. Neo-Nazi movements are generally anti-Semitic, racist, and xenophobic. Their supporters are frequently low-income young men who blame their or their society's problems on immigrants and a presumed Jewish conspiracy. Many, possibly most Neo-Nazi groups espouse violence, and for this reason they are a source of concern to law enforcement. Many Neo-Nazi groups also espouse Holocaust denial, or disbelief in the genocides committed under the Nazi regime.
In Germany immediately after World War II, Allied forces and the new German government attempted to prevent the creation of new Nazi movements through a process known as denazification. With this and the total defeat of the Nazi regime, there was little overt neo-Nazi activity in Europe until the 1960s. Nazi iconography remains to this day heavily restricted in Germany.