Mankind Anew: The Nazi Experiment

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The Will To Create Mankind Anew: The Nazi Experiment Glover discusses the complete erosion of moral character and ideals within the Nazi regime. Humanity was stripped away from the people and their own minds were warped to dismiss themselves. The Nazis stripped the community of the philosophers and employed their own arbiters of morality. They created a darkness through intentionalism that shaped the cruel punishments of the regime. Glover points to the inhumane conditions of the Nazi rule as well as using evidence from previous sections such as tribalism. The destruction of human morals is apparent and a robotic tyranny is established. It seems as though the Nazi regime was as ruthless and moral bending as history has depicted. However, it

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