Communazi

"Communazi" is an American political neologism, "coined by a reporter"[1] and made popular by Time (first September 11, 1939[2]) days after the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact (a neutrality pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed in Moscow on 23 August 1939 by foreign ministers Joachim von Ribbentrop and Vyacheslav Molotov[3]).

It implied that both Communism and Nazism were one and the same because they were essentially totalitarian, whether left or right in belief.

[1] It continues to receive mention, largely in its historical context, to the present.

[6][7][8][9] Among Time writers and editors who used the term was Whittaker Chambers in his 1941 essay "The Revolt of the Intellectuals.

"[10][11][12] Whether coined or popularized by Time, the term then started appearing in print in other publications, at first in labor-oriented (but non-Soviet-aligned) publications, then in wider-circulating publications, by right-wing writers (e.g., Joseph P. Kamp of the Constitutional Educational League), in other English-speaking countries like Canada and the United Kingdom, and eventually in German: In 1940, the term "communazi" started to appear in the government records of the US,[53][54][55][56][57][58] the House of Commons of Canada,[59][60] and the UK House of Lords.