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If Nazis are out hunting for LaResistance or Jews, you might encounter '''UsefulNotes/TheGestapo''', the German SecretPolice, though they tend to be [[SlidingScaleOfVillainEffectiveness less of a threat than their rivals in the SS]] (though they're usually no less horrible as people). Last but not least are members of the German spy service, the '''UsefulNotes/{{Abwehr}}''', who are the most likely to [[ReverseMole secretly be working with the Allies]]. Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, the head of the Abwehr, loathed the Nazis and put much of the Abwehr's energy into feeding them false information, smuggling Jews out from under their noses, and unsuccessfully trying to kill UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler. He was part of the July 20th Plot, and shot for his role in it.
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If Nazis are out hunting for LaResistance or Jews, you might encounter '''UsefulNotes/TheGestapo''', the German SecretPolice, though they tend to be [[SlidingScaleOfVillainEffectiveness less of a threat than their rivals in the SS]] (though they're usually no less horrible as people). Last but not least are members of the German spy service, the '''UsefulNotes/{{Abwehr}}''', who are the most likely to [[ReverseMole [[TheMole secretly be working with the Allies]]. Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, the head of the Abwehr, loathed the Nazis and put much of the Abwehr's energy into feeding them false information, smuggling Jews out from under their noses, and unsuccessfully trying to kill UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler. He was part of the July 20th Plot, and shot for his role in it.
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* The {{cultured|Warrior}} [[WickedCultured one]] who stands around in vest, braces and lederhosen listening to classical music (usually Creator/RichardWagner) on a gramophone, who says "You see, Herr Captain, ve are not all animals."
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* The {{cultured|Warrior}} [[WickedCultured one]] who stands around in vest, braces and lederhosen listening to classical music (usually Creator/RichardWagner) Music/RichardWagner) on a gramophone, who says "You see, Herr Captain, ve are not all animals."
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There were many branches of the Nazi military, each associated with the above subtropes to a varying degree. Most of the more evil, sinister Nazi archetypes tend to belong to the '''Schutzstaffel''' (SS), [[StateSec one of the Nazi party's paramilitaries]] (and the ones who ran the concentration camps). SS members are immediately recognizable by their [[PaintItBlack ominous all-black uniforms]] (which were only dress uniforms; in the field, they wore standard fatigues, albeit with special insignia). More mundane Nazis may belong to the '''Wehrmacht''', which was comprised of the '''[[UsefulNotes/NazisWithGnarlyWeapons Heer]]''' (Army), '''Luftwaffe''' (Air Force) and '''Kriegsmarine''' (Navy), where they are [[AllGermansAreNazis less likely to be members of the Nazi party at all]] and more likely to be [[PunchClockVillain conscripts
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There were many branches of the Nazi military, each associated with the above subtropes to a varying degree. Most of the more evil, sinister Nazi archetypes tend to belong to the '''Schutzstaffel''' (SS), [[StateSec one of the Nazi party's paramilitaries]] (and the ones who ran the concentration camps). SS members are immediately recognizable by their [[PaintItBlack ominous all-black uniforms]] (which were only dress uniforms; in the field, they wore standard fatigues, albeit with special insignia). More mundane Nazis may belong to the '''Wehrmacht''', which was comprised of the '''[[UsefulNotes/NazisWithGnarlyWeapons Heer]]''' (Army), '''Luftwaffe''' (Air Force) and '''Kriegsmarine''' (Navy), where they are [[AllGermansAreNazis less likely to be members of the Nazi party at all]] and more likely to be [[PunchClockVillain conscripts
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Then there are [[ANaziByAnyOtherName neo-Nazis]]. Generally today they tend to be somewhat stereotypical skinhead punks, covered with tattoos and listening to rage rock, with no real agenda besides anger and violence, and generally representing a particularly nasty strain of disaffected youth, often led on by calculating hatemongers with more cynical motives. These are common in cop shows, and are given a particularly chilling representation in the film ''Film/AmericanHistoryX''. Other films, like ''Film/The51stState'', portrays them as asinine thugs, dumber than a box of rocks. It's also important to note that not ''all'' skinheads are Neo-Nazis, and making such an association around a traditional or anti-racist skin [[BerserkButton tends to invite a reaction]]. Other skinheads tend to be strongly ''anti-Nazi'', even far left.
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Then there are [[ANaziByAnyOtherName neo-Nazis]]. Generally today they tend to be somewhat stereotypical skinhead punks, covered with tattoos and listening to rage rock, with no real agenda besides anger and violence, and generally representing a particularly nasty strain of disaffected youth, often led on by calculating hatemongers with more cynical motives. These are common in cop shows, and are given a particularly chilling representation in the film ''Film/AmericanHistoryX''. Other films, like ''Film/The51stState'', portrays them as asinine thugs, dumber than a box of rocks. It's also important to note that not ''all'' skinheads are Neo-Nazis, and making such an association around a traditional or anti-racist skin [[BerserkButton tends to invite a reaction]]. Other skinheads tend to be strongly ''anti-Nazi'', even far left.left.
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* The {{cultured|Warrior}} [[WickedCultured one]] who stands around in vest, braces and lederhosen listening to classical music (usually Creator/RichardWagner) on a gramophone, who says "You see, Herr Captain, ve are not all animals."
* The loud one who is usually on the phone shouting "Get me ze Führer!".
* The pervy, leather-coated [[UsefulNotes/TheGestapo Gestapo]] officer who is ''super-creepy'' and maybe even CampGay; possibly inspired by Ernst Röhm and many of the high-ranking members of the SA, Hitler's original personal guard. By the time of their destruction on Hitler's orders, the SA was populated by numerous homosexuals or suspected homosexuals. Also possibly inspired by [[http://etd.auburn.edu/etd/bitstream/handle/10415/889/BRODIE_MARK_43.pdf?sequence=1 Rudolph Hess, known in some circles as "Fräulein Anna"]] and Hermann Göring, whose appearance was [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luqTw9QB4dQ evidently rather campy]].
* The tight-assed ObstructiveBureaucrat who goes through the trouble of donning his entire uniform - including jodhpurs and Wellington boots - before talking to someone (even if said someone is on the phone and unable to see what he is wearing). Ends every conversation with a "Heil Hitler!" and a loud click of his heels.
* [[{{Nazisploitation}} The round-spectacled, black-gloved, sadistic]] [[TortureTechnician torture master]] who emits a shrill giddy laugh after every sentence. May or may not overlap with "Gay Nazi" above.
* A female officer in the mold of TheBaroness. In more salacious productions she'll be a [[Film/IlsaSheWolfOfTheSS sadistic dominatrix]] who tortures prisoners and forces them to perform sex acts for her own (and presumably, the audience's) amusement.
* [[OldSoldier The older German]] who wishes Germany was still UsefulNotes/ImperialGermany. He is constantly saying "This is not the Germany I fought for in the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI Great War]]," and has an old war medal.
* [[Series/HogansHeroes A bumbling Luftwaffe sergeant in direct charge of the American prisoners of war.]] May or may not be more devious than he appears. May have visited one city in the US, and claims to have loved it ("I vas in New York, you know. I love the US! Vhen ze var is over, ve vill all be friends.") The cultured one above may do the same with fond memories of London, and hopes to pick up friendships in Britain once this dreadful business is over.
* The [[NobleDemon officer with a conscience]], usually based on UsefulNotes/ErwinRommel, so probably a bit of a MagnificentBastard. Tries to convince himself it's all about MyCountryRightOrWrong, and serves as a WorthyOpponent to Allied heroes. May have a full-on HeelFaceTurn, or else get a [[AlasPoorVillain tragic death]] at the hands of his own superiors for his conscience.
* The Nazi [[SociopathicSoldier who joined the party/SS/army to get the chance to kill people for fun]]. The slightest provocation (or none at all) means certain death for prisoners and civilians. Possibly modelled after real life sadist and Nazi SS Josef Blösche aka "Frankenstein", who killed over 2,000 noncombatants on his own.
* The "Oskar Schindler" type -- the guy who really has a heart of gold and works to save the persecuted or works with [[LaResistance La Résistance]], a la ''Series/AlloAllo''. May overlap with the Erwin Rommel type above.
* The "[[JustFollowingOrders I'm just a soldier doing my job]]" Nazi, either regular military officer or SS, who feels MyCountryRightOrWrong.
* The [[ChildSoldiers teenaged grunt]] who often finds himself in way over his head. Probably gets killed by the Allied soldiers, who lament [[WhatASenselessWasteOfHumanLife the death of one so young.]]
* The mindless drone who [[PunchClockVillain simply does what he is told]] out of ignorance and lack of ambition. This stereotype isn't completely unfounded because German soldiers in WWII were trained to be extremely obedient, sometimes to a fault because they would at times not act unless given orders. That said, it's not much comfort given that Wehrmacht war crimes (with the partial exception of the hundreds of thousands of instances of sexual assault) were the result of explicit orders from officers.
** Sub-trope: the blond and [[CuteAndPsycho innocent looking young]] recruit able to do the worst atrocities without [[StiffUpperLip slightest flinching]], like a perfect robot. Common in Creator/SvenHassel novels. Possibly inspired by the later war SS recruits subject to TrainingFromHell, from the 12th SS Division ''Hitlerjugend''.
* The mindless drone who does anything he is told, [[ForTheEvulz with a certain lack of ignorance]] but ''not'' ambition.
* The NaziNobleman with a fancy aristocratic title and ancestral castle; who may overlap with any of these.
* The MadScientist or DeadlyDoctor type who just loves [[PlayingWithSyringes cutting people open]] ForScience! Or for the sheer hell of it, with science and medicine as a thinly veiled excuse, as was evidenced by those prisoners who had the misfortune to have to work for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Mengele Josef Mengele]]. They may be researching immortality, or racial purity, or creating NinjaPirateZombieRobot Nazis. They may well posess a MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate.
* The crooked officer or bureaucrat who makes himself rich at the expense of the regime. Expect him to be killed by the people he wronged, or executed for ripping off the Reich.
* The [[EvilOldFolks aging (but evil)]] senior officer with cadaverous features, usually an SS member to link his skull-like visage with the death's head motif. Will normally be combined with one of the roles above, or feature in a minor role as a visitor from Berlin here to remind the BigBad that "Zer Führer is not patient, he expects ''results''". Partially based on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Dirlewanger SS-Oberführer Dr. Oskar Dirlewanger]], whose [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-S73495,_Oskar_Dirlewanger.jpg physical features]] matched the description 100% and whose job was anti-partisan combat. The abysmal performance of his unit was the only thing which limited his ability to do even ''more'' evil.
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[[folder:Character types]]
* The {{cultured|Warrior}} [[WickedCultured one]] who stands around in vest, braces and lederhosen listening to classical music (usually Creator/RichardWagner) on a gramophone, who says "You see, Herr Captain, ve are not all animals."
* The loud one who is usually on the phone shouting "Get me ze Führer!".
* The pervy, leather-coated [[UsefulNotes/TheGestapo Gestapo]] officer who is ''super-creepy'' and maybe even CampGay; possibly inspired by Ernst Röhm and many of the high-ranking members of the SA, Hitler's original personal guard. By the time of their destruction on Hitler's orders, the SA was populated by numerous homosexuals or suspected homosexuals. Also possibly inspired by [[http://etd.auburn.edu/etd/bitstream/handle/10415/889/BRODIE_MARK_43.pdf?sequence=1 Rudolph Hess, known in some circles as "Fräulein Anna"]] and Hermann Göring, whose appearance was [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luqTw9QB4dQ evidently rather campy]].
* The tight-assed ObstructiveBureaucrat who goes through the trouble of donning his entire uniform - including jodhpurs and Wellington boots - before talking to someone (even if said someone is on the phone and unable to see what he is wearing). Ends every conversation with a "Heil Hitler!" and a loud click of his heels.
* [[{{Nazisploitation}} The round-spectacled, black-gloved, sadistic]] [[TortureTechnician torture master]] who emits a shrill giddy laugh after every sentence. May or may not overlap with "Gay Nazi" above.
* A female officer in the mold of TheBaroness. In more salacious productions she'll be a [[Film/IlsaSheWolfOfTheSS sadistic dominatrix]] who tortures prisoners and forces them to perform sex acts for her own (and presumably, the audience's) amusement.
* [[OldSoldier The older German]] who wishes Germany was still UsefulNotes/ImperialGermany. He is constantly saying "This is not the Germany I fought for in the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI Great War]]," and has an old war medal.
* [[Series/HogansHeroes A bumbling Luftwaffe sergeant in direct charge of the American prisoners of war.]] May or may not be more devious than he appears. May have visited one city in the US, and claims to have loved it ("I vas in New York, you know. I love the US! Vhen ze var is over, ve vill all be friends.") The cultured one above may do the same with fond memories of London, and hopes to pick up friendships in Britain once this dreadful business is over.
* The [[NobleDemon officer with a conscience]], usually based on UsefulNotes/ErwinRommel, so probably a bit of a MagnificentBastard. Tries to convince himself it's all about MyCountryRightOrWrong, and serves as a WorthyOpponent to Allied heroes. May have a full-on HeelFaceTurn, or else get a [[AlasPoorVillain tragic death]] at the hands of his own superiors for his conscience.
* The Nazi [[SociopathicSoldier who joined the party/SS/army to get the chance to kill people for fun]]. The slightest provocation (or none at all) means certain death for prisoners and civilians. Possibly modelled after real life sadist and Nazi SS Josef Blösche aka "Frankenstein", who killed over 2,000 noncombatants on his own.
* The "Oskar Schindler" type -- the guy who really has a heart of gold and works to save the persecuted or works with [[LaResistance La Résistance]], a la ''Series/AlloAllo''. May overlap with the Erwin Rommel type above.
* The "[[JustFollowingOrders I'm just a soldier doing my job]]" Nazi, either regular military officer or SS, who feels MyCountryRightOrWrong.
* The [[ChildSoldiers teenaged grunt]] who often finds himself in way over his head. Probably gets killed by the Allied soldiers, who lament [[WhatASenselessWasteOfHumanLife the death of one so young.]]
* The mindless drone who [[PunchClockVillain simply does what he is told]] out of ignorance and lack of ambition. This stereotype isn't completely unfounded because German soldiers in WWII were trained to be extremely obedient, sometimes to a fault because they would at times not act unless given orders. That said, it's not much comfort given that Wehrmacht war crimes (with the partial exception of the hundreds of thousands of instances of sexual assault) were the result of explicit orders from officers.
** Sub-trope: the blond and [[CuteAndPsycho innocent looking young]] recruit able to do the worst atrocities without [[StiffUpperLip slightest flinching]], like a perfect robot. Common in Creator/SvenHassel novels. Possibly inspired by the later war SS recruits subject to TrainingFromHell, from the 12th SS Division ''Hitlerjugend''.
* The mindless drone who does anything he is told, [[ForTheEvulz with a certain lack of ignorance]] but ''not'' ambition.
* The NaziNobleman with a fancy aristocratic title and ancestral castle; who may overlap with any of these.
* The MadScientist or DeadlyDoctor type who just loves [[PlayingWithSyringes cutting people open]] ForScience! Or for the sheer hell of it, with science and medicine as a thinly veiled excuse, as was evidenced by those prisoners who had the misfortune to have to work for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Mengele Josef Mengele]]. They may be researching immortality, or racial purity, or creating NinjaPirateZombieRobot Nazis. They may well posess a MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate.
* The crooked officer or bureaucrat who makes himself rich at the expense of the regime. Expect him to be killed by the people he wronged, or executed for ripping off the Reich.
* The [[EvilOldFolks aging (but evil)]] senior officer with cadaverous features, usually an SS member to link his skull-like visage with the death's head motif. Will normally be combined with one of the roles above, or feature in a minor role as a visitor from Berlin here to remind the BigBad that "Zer Führer is not patient, he expects ''results''". Partially based on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Dirlewanger SS-Oberführer Dr. Oskar Dirlewanger]], whose [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-S73495,_Oskar_Dirlewanger.jpg physical features]] matched the description 100% and whose job was anti-partisan combat. The abysmal performance of his unit was the only thing which limited his ability to do even ''more'' evil.
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There were many branches of the Nazi military, each associated with the above subtropes to a varying degree. Most of the more evil, sinister Nazi archetypes tend to belong to the '''Schutzstaffel''' (SS), [[StateSec one of the Nazi party's paramilitaries]] (and the ones who ran the concentration camps). SS members are immediately recognizable by their [[PaintItBlack ominous all-black uniforms]] (which were only dress uniforms; in the field, they wore standard fatigues, albeit with special insignia). More mundane Nazis may belong to the '''Wehrmacht''', which was comprised of the '''[[UsefulNotes/NazisWithGnarlyWeapons Heer]]''' (Army), '''Luftwaffe''' (Air Force) and '''Kriegsmarine''' (Navy), where they are [[AllGermansAreNazis less likely to be members of the Nazi party at all]] and more likely to be [[PunchClockVillain conscripts
If Nazis are out hunting for LaResistance or Jews, you might encounter '''UsefulNotes/TheGestapo''', the German SecretPolice, though they tend to be [[SlidingScaleOfVillainEffectiveness less of a threat than their rivals in the SS]] (though they're usually no less horrible as people). Last but not least are members of the German spy service, the '''UsefulNotes/{{Abwehr}}''', who are the most likely to [[ReverseMole secretly be working with the Allies]]. Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, the head of the Abwehr, loathed the Nazis and put much of the Abwehr's energy into feeding them false information, smuggling Jews out from under their noses, and unsuccessfully trying to kill UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler. He was part of the July 20th Plot, and shot for his role in it.
Then there are [[ANaziByAnyOtherName neo-Nazis]]. Generally today they tend to be somewhat stereotypical skinhead punks, covered with tattoos and listening to rage rock, with no real agenda besides anger and violence, and generally representing a particularly nasty strain of disaffected youth, often led on by calculating hatemongers with more cynical motives. These are common in cop shows, and are given a particularly chilling representation in the film ''Film/AmericanHistoryX''. Other films, like ''Film/The51stState'', portrays them as asinine thugs, dumber than a box of rocks. It's also important to note that not ''all'' skinheads are Neo-Nazis, and making such an association around a traditional or anti-racist skin [[BerserkButton tends to invite a reaction]]. Other skinheads tend to be strongly ''anti-Nazi'', even far left.
If Nazis are out hunting for LaResistance or Jews, you might encounter '''UsefulNotes/TheGestapo''', the German SecretPolice, though they tend to be [[SlidingScaleOfVillainEffectiveness less of a threat than their rivals in the SS]] (though they're usually no less horrible as people). Last but not least are members of the German spy service, the '''UsefulNotes/{{Abwehr}}''', who are the most likely to [[ReverseMole secretly be working with the Allies]]. Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, the head of the Abwehr, loathed the Nazis and put much of the Abwehr's energy into feeding them false information, smuggling Jews out from under their noses, and unsuccessfully trying to kill UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler. He was part of the July 20th Plot, and shot for his role in it.
Then there are [[ANaziByAnyOtherName neo-Nazis]]. Generally today they tend to be somewhat stereotypical skinhead punks, covered with tattoos and listening to rage rock, with no real agenda besides anger and violence, and generally representing a particularly nasty strain of disaffected youth, often led on by calculating hatemongers with more cynical motives. These are common in cop shows, and are given a particularly chilling representation in the film ''Film/AmericanHistoryX''. Other films, like ''Film/The51stState'', portrays them as asinine thugs, dumber than a box of rocks. It's also important to note that not ''all'' skinheads are Neo-Nazis, and making such an association around a traditional or anti-racist skin [[BerserkButton tends to invite a reaction]]. Other skinheads tend to be strongly ''anti-Nazi'', even far left.
