1) De-nazification 2) Social process 
Denazification (Entnazifizierung) was an Allied initiative to rid German and Austrian society, culture, press, economy, judiciary, and politics of any remnants of the National Socialist (Nazi) ideology. It was carried out specifically by removing those involved from positions of influence and by disbanding or rendering impotent the organizations a...
[n] - social process of removing Nazis from official positions and giving up any allegiance to Nazism
de-Nazification noun social process of removing Nazis from official positions and giving up any allegiance to Nazism; `denazification was a slow process`