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The title of this article contains the character ä. Where it is unavailable or not wanted, the name may be written as Mitlaeufer.

Mitläufer is a German term (plural: Mitläufer) used in the denazification proceedings in West Germany after World War II to describe people who supported Nazism without directly participating in Nazi atrocities such as genocide. Mitläufer is usually translated in English as either "fellow-traveler" or "hanger-on".

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