Nazi Ideology

Third Reich

1. Nazi Party's regime from January 1933 to May 1945.

2. Hitler's expansionist regime, which he predicted would last 1,000 years

1. First Reich— Holy Roman Empire (800-1806)

2. Second Reich- German empire under the Hohenzollern dynasty (1871–1918)

Nazi Racial Ideology 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 Conception of races

through a cultural lens

All cultures are either expanding or contracting Constant struggle of

survival War is the natural

state

Eugenics Started in United

States supported by: Alexander Bell Rockefeller Carnegie

Nazis perverted this philosophy with an eliminationist ideology

First targeted disabled

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:

1. Promotes racial purity

2. Prepares to wage war for living space

3. Expands population base by invading other countries

Nazi Conception of Jews The German race had been corrupted by

inferior races and must be purified Jews are special enemies of the German

people driven to dominate have no living space of their own

Jews seek to dominate host peoples by diluting their race establishing control of the country’s finances

Nazi Conception of Jews The German race had been corrupted by

inferior races and must be purified Jews are special enemies of the German

people driven to dominate have no living space of their own

Jews seek to dominate host peoples by diluting their race establishing control of the country’s finances

Judeo Bolshevism

Conspiracy theory that Jews were responsible for Communism

Jews as a weaker race was able to manipulate other weaker races through

Communism Equality/civil rights