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Sign in to saveDenazification () was an Allied initiative to rid German and Austrian society, culture, press, economy, judiciary, and politics of the Nazi ideology following the Second World War. It was carried out by removing those who had been Nazi Party or SS members from positions of power and influence, by disbanding or rendering impotent the organizations associated with Nazism, and by trying prominent Nazis for war crimes in the Nuremberg trials of 1946. The program of denazification was launched after the end of the war and was solidified by the Potsdam Agreement in August 1945. The term, in the hyph
Denazification was an Allied program after World War II aimed at removing Nazi ideology from German and Austrian society by eliminating Nazi Party members from positions of power, dismantling Nazi organizations, and prosecuting major Nazi leaders for war crimes at the Nuremberg trials. The initiative mattered because it sought to prevent the resurgence of Nazism and reshape German and Austrian institutions, culture, and politics after the war's end.
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- Workers removing the signage from a former "Adolf Hitler-Straße" (today "Bahnhofstraße") in Trier, May 12, 1945
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