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Anti-Semitism
Made in 1879 by a German journalist, named Wilhelm Marr.
Anti-Semitism means the hatred of Jews, as well as other activities associated with
Jews.
Throughout history, some government authorities supported violent riots against the
Jews.
These violent riots were called pogroms.
Rumours against Jews made people think that Jews used Christian Children’s blood
for sacrifices.
The xenophobic (fear of other people from different races) nature against Jews in the
19th century, was named voelkisch.
Made of German philosophers, scholars, and artists who looked at Jews as aliens,
Hitler then founded and led the Nazi party.
With their rise to power, the anti-Semitism increased.
The Effects of the Ideology of Nazis
With their power increased, the Nazis burned Jewish books, and placed anti-Jew
legislations.
In 1935, the Jews were defined by their heritage and in 1938, the Germans
destroyed synagogues (area used for religious purposes) and Jewish-owned store
windows (aka the Kristallnacht pogrom).
One of the ideology was Lebensraum; the idea that that Germany needed more
living space.
This caused expansionism, which was one of the main causes of World War II.
The Social Darwinism, made the idea that the Aryan race was better than the Jews;
Jews were “below human standards.”
The propaganda from Hitler and actions contributed to the hatred and persecution of
Jews.
This then escalated into genocides that were orchestrated by the Nazi regime.
How Did Hitler Came Into Power
Worldwide economic depression hit Germany hard and millions of people were out of
work.
Many people didn’t like the current government, so these conditions gave chance for
a new leader to step in.
Adolf Hitler, and his party, National Socialist had the biggest chance to take over
Germany
In the election of 1924, Hitler and his party only won 3% of germany's votes. But that
was before the economic depression. After the Economic depression, people wanted
change and voted for Adolf hitler who received 32% of Germany’s votes and
received the most votes in the elections.
Hitler was appointed as chancellor which was the head of the german government in
1933.
Many people were hoping of change in the new government.
What are the basic values of the Nazi government
They believed that all of those who were not of “Pure Aryan blood”were not citizens
and a danger to the country and the believed the Aryan race was superior and Jews
were subhuman and should be kicked out of the country. They believed in
Lebensraum - the creation for more living space for its citizens (invasion of Poland).
The Nazi’s believed in one single leader (Fuhrer) with complete power rather than
democracy to lead the country. That there should be socialism- all electricity and
water and other natural resources should be owned by the state, but farmers could
own land. They were nationalistic and believed in a strong central government but
also fascist in that they should control the newspapers and other methods of
communication. They believed that Germany should be self sufficient. They were
racist and did not want immigration.
Who were the SS
The SS also known as The Schutzstaffel was a very big organization in the Nazi
state. They were responsible for the security, identification of ethnicity, settlement
and population policy, intelligence collection and analysis. They also controlled the
concentration camp system and the German police forces. The SS were men who
perceived themselves as racial elite of the Nazi future. In 1925 Adolf Hitler
established the SS to protect Hitler, speakers,and the many other leaders. In 1929
Hitler appointed Heinrich Himmler as the Reich leader of the SS. The SS was first
made up of 280 men; 4 years later the organization numbered more than 52,000.
The SS was the top leadership of the SA (another big organization during holocaust)
in 1934. Hitler had also announced that it was an independent organization when
they were rewarded.
Nazi Propaganda
The propaganda was used by the German Nazi Party in the years leading up to and
during Adolf Hitler’s leadership of Germany. It was a crucial instrument for acquiring
and maintaining power, and for the implementation of Nazi Policies. Nazi leader
Adolf Hitler devoted three chapters of his 1925/26 book itself a propaganda tool, to
the study and practice of propaganda. He claimed to have learned the value of
propaganda as World War 1 infantryman exposed to very effective British and
ineffectual German propaganda. The argument that Germany lost the war largely
because of British Propaganda efforts, expounded at length in Mein Kampf, reflected
the common German nationalist claims. Although untrue – German propaganda
during World War I was mostly more advanced than that of the British – it became
the official truth of Nazi Germany thanks to its reception by Hitler. Mein Kampf
contains the blueprint of later Nazi Propaganda efforts.