History 2147A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Lebensraum, Fathom, Planned Economy
1 Dec 2015
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Small jewish population in 1933, but becomes an obsession of the regime. Driven by desire/ belief that it was essential for germany after. 1933 to have radically more territory under its control. Leaders couldn"t fathom a prosperous future without significant territorial expansion: now, we can see germany could be a successful country without taking over other countries, leaders thought they needed more space. Space: every aim is to get more space. Where would the space come from: everyone rejected in re-developing german territory itself, believed they didn"t have enough territory inside 1933 borders, or enough raw materials. Lebensraum (in the east) was the obvious" answer to germany"s. Nazis did not have strategic capacity to rebuild empire in africa, no practical means of them developing african empire. Only solution was to expand into neighboring countries in europe: ultimate vision in territorial expansion in countries that bordered on germany, hitler gained from cowboy novels-
