GRMN 2301: INSIDE NAZY GERMANY
FINAL QUESTIONS & ANSWERS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTION
j NSDAP - National Socialist Deutsch (German) Workers' Party (1920-1945)
Hitler becomes Chancellor - in January 30, 1933.
But, National Socialist ideas were around earlier:
- WWI (1914-1918)
- The Treaty of Versailles
Important dates - WWI --> 1914-1918
Weimar Republic --> 1918-1933
Hitler appointed Chancellor --> Jan 30, 1933
NSDAP --> 1920-1945
Nazi Rule --> 1933-1945
WWII --> 1939-1945
5 Tenets of Nazi Germany - 1) Anti-semitism
2) "Lebensraum"/Living Space
3) Regeneration of the Nation (People's Community)
4) Necessity for violence
5) Pan-Germanism
Anti-Semitism - The hatred of Jews based on the notion of race or religion. According to Hitler, the
survival of the racial German identity was dependent on the exclusion or extermination of the Jews.
(Hitler further claimed that the Jews are conspiring to keep this master race from rightfully ruling the
, world, by diluting its racial and cultural purity and by convincing the Aryan to believe in equality rather
than superiority and inferiority)
"Lebensraum" (Living Space) - The territory a nation believes is needed for its natural development and
survival. Nazi Germany believed themselves, the Aryans, the superior class and in need of taking over
Eastern Europe for living space.
Regeneration of the Nation - The creation of a new "People's Community" after the humiliation of WWI
and the economic depression.
- The idea was that the institutions of state, society and culture would be remodeled to make a racially
homogenous nation involved in making Germany great again.
Necessity for Violence - Violence was needed in the struggle to achieve all of these goals
Pan-Germanism - The unification of the German people in one nation under the leadership of one man
(Fuhrer).
Social Darwinism - A modern name given to various theories of society which claim to apply biological
concepts of natural selection and survival of the fittest to sociology and politics. This was Hitler's way of
justifying his entire ideology, because it was "Natural Law"
Alienation - Because of the industrial revolution and urbanization of the time, the German people were
alienated from the struggle for existence/the true meaning of life.
Führerprinzip - The unification of the people under the leadership of one man
Volksgemeinschaft - Eliminating the social classes and being just one people.
The Nümberg Laws (1935) - -Offer criteria for identifying Jews
- According to this chart, Hitler categorized people into groups and eliminated certain groups
- This is used as a basis for the exclusion, deportation and mass murder of millions of people
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