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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Cuneo’s anti-Nazi operations, orchestrated from innocuous offices in New York’s Rockefeller Center, helped identify German spy rings and spread British propaganda, including by disseminating fabrications about Berlin’s intentions in Latin America.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Such films were not huge moneymakers, but anti-Nazi productions created discussion about the studio’s larger role in society.
—Chris Yogerst / Made By History, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
Hellboy himself is an anti-Nazi crusader in a world largely inspired by the fiction of the notoriously racist genius of weird fiction, H.P. Lovecraft.
—Sam Thielman, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
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
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Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Such films were not huge moneymakers, but anti-Nazi productions created discussion about the studio’s larger role in society.
—Chris Yogerst / Made By History, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
Hellboy himself is an anti-Nazi crusader in a world largely inspired by the fiction of the notoriously racist genius of weird fiction, H.P. Lovecraft.
—Sam Thielman, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
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
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“Anti-Nazi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-Nazi. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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