Victor Davis Hanson: Don’t Ignore This—Hitler Revisionism Is Growing Online

Nov 20, 2025

This discussion dives into the alarming rise of World War II revisionism among a small segment of the Right. Victor Davis Hanson articulates the true nature and horrors of the Nazi Party, emphasizing the catastrophic consequences of their ideology. He highlights the dangers of individuals praising Nazism and downplaying its historical significance. The importance of confronting these views is stressed, as well as the need to clarify that political disagreements do not equate to Nazi-like ideologies. It's a critical call to action against dangerous revisionism.

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Conservatives Repeatedly Branded Nazis

Victor Davis Hanson recalls repeated instances where conservatives were smeared as Nazis, citing past examples like George W. Bush.
He notes that such comparisons have been commonplace from the left across multiple Republican administrations.

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What The Nazis Actually Were

The Nazis were a specific party (National Socialist German Workers' Party) that rose after WWI and the Depression by replacing class with racial nationalism.
Their regime pursued territorial conquest and a systematic attempt to exterminate European Jews and other groups, causing millions of deaths.

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Notorious Example: Nick Fuentes

Hanson cites Nick Fuentes as a notorious example who has said he admired Hitler and some Nazi actions.
He connects such statements to a broader, though small, trend of sympathetic commentary about Nazism on the Right.

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“Nazi.” “Hitler.” The smears have been used against conservatives for generations—but something new is happening.

Victor Davis Hanson warns that a small, vocal corner of the Right is beginning to flirt with World War II revisionism and even speak favorably about aspects of Nazism. He explains what the Nazi Party truly was, the destruction it unleashed, and why these comparisons—and this revisionism—must be confronted immediately on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.”

“For the first time in all of our lives, we are seeing people openly, overtly—not very many, but they have a larger audience, it seems, every couple of months—who defend Nazism and the horrors that followed from Adolf Hitler's career. And so, it's very incumbent upon us that we know what the Nazis were, when they rose, what they caused, how we defeated them, and how an American elected president or mainstream political figures, even if we don't agree with them, are not Nazis, are not Hitler-like. That is a given.”

(0:00) Introduction
(2:21) The Rise and Fall of the Nazi Party
(4:54) Emerging Right-Wing Revisionism
(5:53) Conclusion

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