Nazi Ideology
Third Reich
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2.
Nazi Party's regime from January 1933
to May 1945.
Hitler's expansionist regime, which he
predicted would last 1,000 years
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2.
First Reich— Holy Roman Empire (8001806)
Second Reich- German empire under the
Hohenzollern dynasty (1871–1918)
Nazi Racial Ideology
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History is a
continual struggle
between peoples
A people is a
distinct ethnic
group
Mixing with other
ethnic groups
brings decay and
corruption
Social Darwinism
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Conception of races
through a cultural
lens
All cultures are
either expanding or
contracting
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Constant struggle of
survival
War is the natural
state
Eugenics
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Started in United
States supported by:
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Alexander Bell
Rockefeller
Carnegie
Nazis perverted this
philosophy with an
eliminationist
ideology
First targeted
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A healthy people:
1. Is racially pure
2. Expands its pure
population
3. Expands its
territory to increase
living space for its pure
population (Lebensraum)
In this context, a responsible
government:
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Promotes racial
purity
Prepares to wage
war for living space
Expands
population base by
invading other
countries
Nazi Conception of Jews
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The German race had been corrupted by
inferior races and must be purified
Jews are special enemies of the German
people
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driven to dominate
have no living space of their own
Jews seek to dominate host peoples by
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diluting their race
establishing control of the country’s finances
Nazi Conception of Jews
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The German race had been corrupted by
inferior races and must be purified
Jews are special enemies of the German
people
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driven to dominate
have no living space of their own
Jews seek to dominate host peoples by
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diluting their race
establishing control of the country’s finances
Judeo Bolshevism
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Conspiracy theory that
Jews were responsible
for Communism
Jews as a weaker race
was able to manipulate
other weaker races
through
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Communism
Equality/civil rights