Question

Need word(s) to describe the fanaticism, blind following of the Nazis during the Holocaust???? I feel like there is a specific term for this (other than nazism). Help please!

Answer 1

Extremism definately, other then that im stumped on synonyms -.-

Answer 2

Fascism and nationalism come to mind along with extremism as bngaure pointed out.

In terms of the Holocaust, another term that has been mostly associated with how so many others contributed to it within the machinery of the Third Reich was often blind obedience. Many simply went along with it because they were ordered to, dumping their conscience because they were simply told to do it, or because they had been brainwashed for so long in believing that it was right.

Couple that with fascism and extremist nationalism, and you have something like what drove the SS to perform most of the worst Nazi atrocities in the war - all while believing what they were doing was for a better Germany.