Germany itself suffered wholesale destruction, characterised as Stunde Null (Zero Hour).[481] The number of civilians killed during the Second World War was unprecedented in the history of warfare.[482] As a result, Nazi ideology and the actions taken by the regime are almost universally regarded as gravely immoral.[483] Historians, philosophers, and politicians often use the word "evil" to describe Hitler and the Nazi regime.[484] Interest in Nazi Germany continues in the media and the academic world.