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Space Nazis
Space Nazis (or sometimes Evil Alien Space Nazis is a re-
Nazis)
curring theme among many science fiction works dealing
Television and movies
with World War II or World War II like situations. • Attack from Space (1964): Benevolent aliens from the
planet Emerald send superhero Starman to protect
Earth from invasion by an evil alien race called the
Novels Spherions, warlike creatures of the Sapphire Galaxy,
The theme is already evident in Robert A. Heinlein’s Rock- who are in fact evil Space Nazis. When Starman
et Ship Galileo, published just two years after the end of arrives on Earth, he discovers a conspiracy involving
the war - where the Nazis found on the Moon originate Earth’s top scientists, and he must root-out the
from the original, just-defeated Nazi Germany. traitors and also stop the impending alien invasion.
In later books with such a premise the major ele- • "Patterns of Force", an episode of Star Trek: The
ments often involve an alternate history being realized Original Series:The Ekosian civilization copied the
such as the Nazis winning World War II or aliens travel- Nazi Regime right down to similar ideologies,
ling back in time to give/sell advanced technology to one clothing, symbols, etc., in an attempt to emulate
side (usually Germany). Other premises include a splinter Germany’s rapid economic recovery during the
group of Nazis (or their ideas) being introduced to a pre- 1930s.
viously benign planet. • In the Star Trek: Enterprise episodes Storm Front,
parts I and II, a species called the Vosk time-travels
Games to WWII Earth and helps the Nazis conquer America.
• In the Star Trek: Voyager episode The Killing Game,
The term "Space Nazis" is also a Killzone fan-coined term a species called the Hirogen emulated Nazis using
referring to the game series’ spacefaring enemy faction, Holodeck technology in order to understand Earth’s
the Helghast. This is because the Helghast symbol resem- history and culture better.
bles that of the Nazi German symbol, also that their ways
are also based on the Nazi ways. At the beginning of the
first game of the killzone series, a scene shows the Hel-
See also
gast leader and dictator, giving a speech to a very big • Iron Sky
congregation of soldiers, which resembles a lot to the • "Patterns of Force", an episode of Star Trek: The
1934 nazi party campaign at Nuremberg, also it shows Original Series
3 flags with the helgast symbol in Bizari’s back almost • Nazi UFOs
identical to the flags in the back of Hitler. The 1988 com- • Die Glocke
puter game Rocket Ranger from Cinemaware featured • The Iron Dream
a storyline where the Nazis attempted to dominate the • The Man in the High Castle
world from a lunar base. The gameplay involved using
a rocket pack to capture enough equipment to build a
rocket, fly to the moon and thwart their plans.
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