anti-Nazi
adjective
an·ti-Na·zi
ˌan-tē-ˈnät-sē 
-ˈnat-,
ˌan-tī-
: opposed to Nazis
anti-Nazi protesters
Then finally the country's strong anti-Nazi feelings crystallized in a vast, nationwide resistance effort.—
Scott Sullivan
Scott Sullivan
anti-Nazi
noun
… a civilized man, an anti-Nazi who knows that Germany is lost but who will put up with Hitler because the alternative, Himmler, would be worse.
—Newgate Callendar
Newgate Callendar
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Confronting a geopolitical reality mainly ignored since Hitler rose to power in 1933, the major studios embarked on an audacious cycle of anti-Nazi films.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2024
And drawing a line through the swastika to unambiguously state an anti-Nazi message would also not be exempted.
—Ron Kuby, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2024
But before Zone, the 45-year-old German actor was best known for playing famed anti-Nazi resistance fighter Georg Elser in 13 Minutes, Oliver Hirschbiegel’s 2015 drama about Elsner’s attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1939, before World War II and before the Holocaust.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2024
Hans becomes involved in the anti-Nazi resistance, with a group of young people who will later be called the Red Orchestra.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 1 Mar. 2024
Outcomes and intentions also prove to be salient themes with regard to the actions of the Red Orchestra, the anti-Nazi resistance group of which Hilde and Hans are both members.
—Catherine Bray, Variety, 17 Feb. 2024
Screens at the same concert listed the names of victims presumed to have been killed by state actors, including George Floyd and anti-Nazi activist Sophie Scholl.
—Alexander Hall, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2023
According to news reports, New York prosecutors have said the Oberlin drawing, along with the other two, rightly belong to three living heirs of Fritz Grunbaum, a Jewish art collector, cabaret artist and prominent anti-Nazi who was killed at the Dachau concentration camp in Germany in 1941.
—Steven Litt, cleveland, 15 Sep. 2023
During the French Revolution, books pillaged from aristocratic libraries were often found for sale along the river and these stalls were used to spread anti-Nazi propaganda during World War Two, with messages hidden inside certain books and passed from person to person.
—Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
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Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2024
And drawing a line through the swastika to unambiguously state an anti-Nazi message would also not be exempted.
—Ron Kuby, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2024
But before Zone, the 45-year-old German actor was best known for playing famed anti-Nazi resistance fighter Georg Elser in 13 Minutes, Oliver Hirschbiegel’s 2015 drama about Elsner’s attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1939, before World War II and before the Holocaust.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2024
Hans becomes involved in the anti-Nazi resistance, with a group of young people who will later be called the Red Orchestra.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 1 Mar. 2024
Outcomes and intentions also prove to be salient themes with regard to the actions of the Red Orchestra, the anti-Nazi resistance group of which Hilde and Hans are both members.
—Catherine Bray, Variety, 17 Feb. 2024
Screens at the same concert listed the names of victims presumed to have been killed by state actors, including George Floyd and anti-Nazi activist Sophie Scholl.
—Alexander Hall, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2023
According to news reports, New York prosecutors have said the Oberlin drawing, along with the other two, rightly belong to three living heirs of Fritz Grunbaum, a Jewish art collector, cabaret artist and prominent anti-Nazi who was killed at the Dachau concentration camp in Germany in 1941.
—Steven Litt, cleveland, 15 Sep. 2023
During the French Revolution, books pillaged from aristocratic libraries were often found for sale along the river and these stalls were used to spread anti-Nazi propaganda during World War Two, with messages hidden inside certain books and passed from person to person.
—Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
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