History 2147A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Volksgemeinschaft, Racial Hygiene, Gestapo
19 Nov 2018
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People"s community": emphasizes community over the individual, unification, racial purity, biological worth, defined by who is excluded. Insiders felt safer and more optimistic in nazi germany compared to the weimar republic, but that positive experience of nazi germany was only an option for a certain kind of german. Before the war began in 1939, the nazis focused their hatred amongst those who were most vulnerable, and therefore of little concern to insiders. (and this is why no one stopped them. ) The largest group that hitler attacked were the jews (between 500,000-600,000, less than 1% of the total german population). The other groups he attacked included the mentally and physically disabled, homosexuals, and gypsies (all even smaller groups than the jews. ) It is only the people close to these groups who care what is happening to them. Ideological enemies: early attacks were directed against communists. In the first six months of the regime, nazis dealt with the problem" of the.
