HIST 1084 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Volksgemeinschaft, Hyperinflation, Lebensraum
Document Summary
The rise of nazism (1919-1938: weimar republic, mein kampf, volksgemeinschaft, nuremberg laws, kristallnacht, horrific period for those on the wrong side of the conflict. Weimar republic: 1919-1933, versailles humiliated germans, weimar weak, tainted, ineffective, hyperinflation, unemployment, dismembered country, fear of communism, opportunity for fascists, hate foreign enemies, treaty of versailles. Stab in the back": freikorps, hyperinflation, communist threat, national socialist german workers party, angry and motivated group, anti-semitic. Imprisoned for 9 months: treason, writes manifesto. My struggle : aryans, jews: blame, lebensraum, living space, territory lost by germans, aryans deserve territory to match greatness, fuhrer, unassailable leader, nazi handbook, used by all fascists in germany, local elections, grow party from bottom up. Ignore treaty of versailles: gain favor under nazi party. Volksgemeinschaft: the peoples community, racial interpretation of what germans should be, one people, one leader, legal framework of nazi german state, social darwinism, aryans can only marry each other, propaganda.
