Nazi Ideology

Nazi Ideology

• National Socialist Program
• Racism

• Especially anti-Semitism, which eventually culminated in the Holocaust.

• The creation of a Herrenrasse (Master Race= by the Lebensborn (Fountain of Life; A department in the Third Reich)

• Anti-Slavism

• Belief in the superiority of the White, Germanic, Aryan or Nordic races.

• Euthanasia and Eugenics with respect to "Racial Hygiene"

• Anti-Marxism, Anti-Communism, Anti-Bolshevism

• The rejection of democracy, with as a consequence the ending the existence of political parties, labour unions, and free press.

• Führerprinzip (Leader Principle) /belief in the leader (Responsibility up the ranks, and authority down the ranks.)

• Strong show of local culture.

• Social Darwinism

• Defense of Blood and Soil (German: "Blut und Boden" - represented by the red and black colors in the Nazi flag)

• "Lebensraumpolitik", "Lebensraum im Osten" (The creation of more living space for Germans)

• Related to FascismNational Socialist Program

• Racism

• Especially anti-Semitism, which eventually culminated in the Holocaust.

• The creation of a Herrenrasse (Master Race= by the Lebensborn (Fountain of Life; A department in the Third Reich)

• Anti-Slavism

• Belief in the superiority of the White, Germanic, Aryan or Nordic races.

• Euthanasia and Eugenics with respect to "Racial Hygiene"

• Anti-Marxism, Anti-Communism, Anti-Bolshevism
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• The rejection of democracy, with as a consequence the ending the existence of political parties, labour unions, and free press.

• Führerprinzip (Leader Principle) /belief in the leader (Responsibility up the ranks, and authority down the ranks.)

• Strong show of local culture.

• Social Darwinism

• Defense of Blood and Soil (German: "Blut und Boden" - represented by the red and black colors in the Nazi flag)

• "Lebensraumpolitik", "Lebensraum im Osten" (The creation of more living space for Germans)

Related to Fascism

• Nazism and Communism emerged as two serious contenders for power in Germany after the First World War, particularly as the Weimar Republic became increasingly unstable.
• What became the Nazi movement arose out of resistance to the Bolshevik-inspired insurgencies that occurred in Germany in the aftermath of the First World War. The Russian Revolution of 1917 caused a great deal of excitement and interest in the Leninist version of Marxism and caused many socialists to adopt revolutionary principles. The 1918-1919 Munich Soviet and the 1919 Spartacist uprising in Berlin were both manifestations of this. The Freikorps, a loosely organised paramilitary group (essentially a militia of former World War I soldiers) were used to crush both these uprising and many leaders of the Freikorps, including Ernst Röhm, later became leaders in the Nazi party.
• Capitalists and conservatives in Germany feared that a takeover by the Communists was inevitable and did not trust the democratic parties of the Weimar Republic to be able to resist a communist revolution. Increasing numbers of capitalists began looking to the nationalist movements as a bulwark against Bolshevism. After Mussolini's fascists took power in Italy in 1922, fascism presented itself as a realistic option for opposing "Communism", particularly given Mussolini's success in crushing the Communist and anarchist movements which had destabilised Italy with a wave of strikes and factory occupations after the First World War. Fascist parties formed in numerous European countries.