Racists are people who believe that their race is superior to another. It is true that to a significantly large extent, NAZISM was influenced by racism from its foundation in 1919 to 1939, as Social Darwinism followed was the basis of the Nazi ideology. Racism, including racial anti-Semitism, which is the prejudice against or hatred of Jews based on false biological theories, was always an integral part of German National Socialism (Nazism). Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler's use of eugenic arguments to create a "master race." During World War II (1939-1945), the Nazis killed several million Jews, Roma (Gypsies), and members of other groups, believing them inferior to an idealised Aryan race. In brief, Hitler had favoured the stereotypical view of a blue eyed, blond haired individual over the people possess brown hair and brown eyes. This resulted in the 25-point programme that Nazis used to control the German society at the time by manipulating their beliefs, especially on racism as well as also taking away much of their freedom. It is therefore presented that there are many contributing factors to account for Nazism’s influence by race and racism.
The basis of Nazi thinking was a crude form of Social Darwinism, which initiated the basis of the ideology of the Nazi Party and the influence of racism. Hitler justified that nature was cruel and that only the fittest would survive. Anti-Semitism was adopted as the official ideology of the German Christian Social Workers Party, which was one of the influences of racism that impacted on Nazism. The three main principle ideas of Nazism included Blut (blood), the German state should compromise only those of ‘Pure German Blood’, also known as Aryans. Volk (community), all German people should...
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...he acknowledges the Nazi state was less organised than outward appearances suggest, Bracher believes this was largely due to Hitler, who intentionally created multiple departments and encouraged competing interests. He did this to ‘divide and rule’. Thus, the 25-point programme had occurred due to Nazism and it’s influence of racism in the country.
In conclusion, it is quite clear that NAZISM was largely influenced by racism. It is explored that Hitler’s influence of Social Darwinism and personal resentment impacted on a great portion of the population as his belief in the theory had led to the outcome of Anti-Semitism such as discrimination of those without the favourable characteristics mainly involving the Jews. This was achieved through the rise of Nazism and gain in Power for Hitler that he was able to enforce a number of Racial Policies and the 25-point plan.
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the other modern element in Nazi policy was their commitment to the ‘science’ of race.”
As one learns when reading The Racial State, Adolf Hitler's eugenic and racial-hygienic theories were not original. Theorists long before his time wrote of the same racist theories. Hitler never mentions any of these theorists in his work, but one can see when reading The Racial State, that the horrific acts that occurred during the Third Reich reflected the ideas of these theorists.
He further uses propaganda techniques to change the views of the German people. His book The Mein Kompf was spread to the people of Germany and his Nazi party. This book is Adolf Hitler’s manifesto in which he outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany such as the hierarchical status of the Aryan race towards the Jews and other inferior race. In his book he stated, that “The child is the objective of the struggle and the very first appeal is addressed to it: 'German boy, do not forget that you are a German. ' 'German maid, remember that you are to be a German mother.” Which means that Germanys race was to be kept at its purest form. He further targets young Germans to rise up to his cause because the future of their country is their hands and they have the right to claim its title. Other than his book, Hitler’s implicates fear tactics and speeches to manipulate the Nazi party. The Schutzstaffel, better known as the infamous SS, were established by Hitler, to act as protection force at Hitler’s mass meetings in public. This was due to early Nazis meeting that can turn to violent during its early rise to power because of competing factions within the party. In 1934 an event happened to which was called, “The Night of the Long Knives “; it was a cleansing of other political opponents of Hitler within the party. Hitler uses this to instill fear in the party and warns other that whoever imposed him shall suffer and die. Hitler’s speeches were also part of influencing the views of the party. In 1939 he made a speech that changes everything. This speech move thousands of people and change the views of Germany towards the Jews and other inferior race. He stated, “The peoples [of the earth] will soon realize that Germany under National Socialism does not desire the enmity of other peoples. I want once again to be a prophet. If the international Finance-Jewry inside and outside of
In January 1933, the Nazi's came into power in Germany. They believed that Germans were the superior race, and that the Jews were inferior as well as a threat to the German racial community. It was not only the Jews that were deemed "racial inferior":Gypsies, the disabled, and some Slavic peoples. Other groups were targeted based on their political, ideological and behavioral grounds. For example, Communists, Socialists, Jehovah's Witnesses, and homosexuals.
Those of half and quarter Jewish descent remain largely forgotten in the history of the Third Reich and genocide of the Holocaust. Known as Mischlinge, persons of deemed “mixed blood” or “hybrid” status faced extensive persecution and alienation within German society and found themselves in the crosshairs of a rampant National Socialist racial ideology. Controversially, these people proved somewhat difficult to define under Nazi law that sought to cleave the Volk from the primarily Jewish “other”, and as the mechanization toward Hitler’s “Final Solution” the Mischlinge faced probable annihilation. The somewhat neglected status of Mischlinge necessitates a refocusing on German racialization as well as reconsideration of the implications wrought by the alienation and ultimate persecution of the thousands of half and quarter Jews subjugated in Nazi Germany.
To begin with, Racism had a big effect in the genocide and murders in Germany. According A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust, it states that “ It was the explicit aim of Hitler's regime to create a European world both dominated and populated by the "Aryan" race. Some people were undesirable by Nazi standards because of who they were,their genetic or cultural origins, or health conditions.” (“ Victims” ). It is so devastating that someone could kill or torture anyone who was not like them or who fought against them. The Jews were required to carry their identification cards. They were also excluded from businesses, parks, resorts, and forests. German children were taught that the Jews and Gypsies were not as good as the Germans. One of the methods used to teach German children was to make the Jewish children stand up and point out their distinguishing features. Later on the Jewish children were banned from schools and had curfews. John Boyne Quotes from his book The Boy in the Striped Pajamas “What exactly was the difference? he wondered to himself. And who decided which people wore the striped pajamas and which people wore the uniforms?” In his speeches and writings Hitler spread his believes in racial “purity” and in the superiority of their Germanic race. What he called an “Aryan master race”. These believes became the governments ideology and were spread in publicly displayed posters on the radios,m...
One of the most destructive and arrogant persons in history was Adolf Hitler. The destruction that he and his regime brought on humanity has seldom seen its equal. In reality the Holocaust was a terrible horror, but in Hitler’s mind it was merely a brushstroke in the masterpiece that he believed he was creating. Hitler believed that the Aryan race was superior to all others and that it was only natural, and not cruel, that the higher would show no humanity toward the lower (296). This prejudiced belief predominated Hitler’s thinking. In his essay, On Nation and Race, his assumption that Aryans are superior to all others creates a type of logical fallacy called “Begging the Question” (Rottenberg 291).
Bibliography Primary Sources J Hite and C Hinton, ‘Weimar and Nazi Germany 2000’. Manchester Guardian Report, 13th April 1933. Franz Von Papen’s Speech at Marburg University, 17th June 1934. Rohm’s Speech to foreign press April 18th 1934. Field von Weich’s account of Hitler’s Speech to the leaders of the SA and most of the senior Reichswehr generals 28th February 1934.
Hitler's main idea was to, as he called it, 'cleanse' Europe of these non-deserving people. Hitler despite having gained anti-Semitic views on his own from things. he saw he was influenced a lot by Neil Darwin. He based a lot of his racial arguments and views on this. However, another point to consider was that the Jews were being used as scapegoats for German problems.
When a government takes extremes that they see as pursuing national interest, mass genocide as well as segregation can occur. THroughout the 1930s while germany was under control of adolf hitler, a constant search of a “pure Germany” had taken over the minds of many who wanted to rid the filth they saw throughout the streets and of the german people. Germany's new leader had had begun to sway the people by picking on their sensitivities. He had used the common despair of his people after the loss of World War 1 and strated to single out and blame those who he saw as the true cause of their great nation's downfall. Entire races and religions of people were seen as inferior since they were assigned responsibility for the fault instead of moving
Adolf Hitler (the Führer or leader of the Nazi party) “believed that a person's characteristics, attitudes, abilities, and behavior were determined by his or her so-called racial make-up.” He thought that those “inherited characteristics (did not only affect) outward appearance and physical structure”, but also determined a person’s physical, emotional/social, and mental state. Besides these ideas, the Nazi’s believed tha...
The Nazi’s believed that the ‘Aryan race’ were superior to all other races because they were the most evolved. They used the idea of eugenics to purify their race by killing anyone seen as inferior such as Jewish people and people with disabilities. The belief that they were superior helped them to justify invading Europe as they saw other races as inferior so they believed they had the right to world domination. Furthermore starting a war was seen as necessary to create conflict as it creates the survival of the fittest. This ideology resulted in World War 2 and approximately 60 million deaths. Eugenics also became influential in America when the American breeders association was formed. The purpose of this organisation was to protect the biological standards of the race (Bowler 1984, p. 275). Many people who were believed to show signs of hereditary weak-mindedness were sterilized in order to prevent them from breeding (Depew, 2010, p. 350). It also created fear of immigrants from other races, as it was believed that good traits would be blended with bad ones from other races and be weakened over time (Depew, 2010, p. 350). It was generally believed that poverty was the consequence of lesser ability so the poor were often targeted to be sterilized. The lower social classes were often less intelligent but this cannot be attributed entirely to genetics, they would often have
The treatment of Jews and other minority groups by the Nazi’s can be described as actions that could only be done by a totalitarian state. Hitler believed in eugenics, the idea of improving a race by selective breeding. Nazi ideology of the Jewish race was severe anti-Semitism and pure hatred. The Nazi policy towards the Jews has been said to be the most brutal and horrific example of anti-Semitism in history.