Nazi Idealogy - Thilagan

Nazi Ideology and how it helped Hitler’s Rise in Germany. (Introduction)

Aryans are a group of people who are with Nordic, Dinaric, Mediterranean, Alpine, East Baltic, Turks, Bedouin, Afghan origins. But however, the Nazi party focused more on the Nordic sub category of the race. Nordics are thought to be both physically beautiful and born intellect. The Aryan Theory states that fair-haired, light-eyed Nordic warriors, having tamed livestock, and invented the wheel, and conquered most of Europe. This was a reason why the Nazis saw themselves as near perfect beings. Well let’s look at the facial aesthetics that define a typical Aryan boy.

1. A rectangular-shaped forehead with a very slight indentation
on the lower part and an equally slight bulge on the upper part
2. Rectangular-shaped cheek bones with somewhat rounded
borders
3. Narrow eyes
4. Flat eyebrows that are situated close to the eyes; the
eyebrows are actually just slightly flared on the outer part,
which is more visible from the angled view
5. A prominent indentation of the cheekbones relative to the
forehead
6. A defined nose bridge
7. Cheekbones that are horizontally flat on the front
8. A straight, vertical line of the back of the jaw, which
sharply angles into a straight lower jaw line that is about 40
degrees downward, which in turn sharply angles into a straight
horizontal chin line
9. A particular angle in the cheek which begins on the lower
outer side of the cheek bone, then sharply angles about 80
degrees downward and terminates below and to the outside
of the lips; this angle also corresponds to the Aryan beard
line
10. diagonal crease lines that proceed downward and outward
from the inner extremity of the eyes (End of Introduction)

Background Source

Source 1

“German Nazism emphasised German nationalism, including both irredentism and expansionism. Nazism held racial theories based upon the belief of the existence of an Aryan master race that was believed to be superior to all other races. The Nazis emphasised the existence of racial conflict between the Aryan race and others, particularly Jews whom the Nazis viewed as a mixed race that had infiltrated multiple societies, and was responsible for exploitation and repression of the Aryan race.”

As cited from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazism#Ideology

Explanation for Source 1

After Great Depression, the people of Germany were very upset with the Weimar government for being weak financially and economically. Therefore the people of Germany went chaotic as there was nt enough food, and other necessities. The other small parties look at this situation and they decide to take opportunity of it. One of it was the Nazi party, led by Adolf Hitler. He wanted the Nordic race to rule Germany. He also hated the Jews as they were very wealthy compared to the poor Aryans.

Source 2

Diary of a Nazi Teenager

“The 15-year-old Berlin schoolgirl, nicknamed "Gitti", started keeping a diary in December 1942, when the German capital was being bombed nightly and the Nazi Holocaust was killing thousands. As a trainee secretary, she recorded her daily experiences to improve her stenography skills.

Now, some 70 years on, her diary has been published for the first time in Germany and is being hailed as remarkable documentary evidence of how millions of Germans relied on collective indifference to endure the horrors of war and ignore the brutality of the Nazi rule.”
An excerpt from : http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/diary-of-second-world-war-german-teenager-reveals-young-lives-untroubled-by-nazi-holocaust-in-wartime-berlin-8660484.html
Explanation for Source 2
Hitler saw the young Nazi teens as the future’s hope for Germany. Therefore he made every Nazi teen to be trained every day possible to serve the nation and being a good Nazi by further expanding the race. From the source above it is stated that the teen was a trainee secretary with stenographic skills. This shows, that the Nazi teens were trained to serve the Nazi party military forces. Also the Nazi party controlled the media, school that these teens were being exposed to.

From the sources above we can derive into,

The Nazi ideology:

Lebensraum - the need for 'living space' for the German nation to expand.

·         Where Germany expanded into territorial regions outside Germany.

A strong Germany - the Treaty of Versailles should be abolished and all German-speaking people united in one country.

·         After TOV was demolished, Germany is free from debts and responsibilities.

Führer - the idea that there should be a single leader with complete power rather than a democracy.

·         Adolf Hitler was the supreme leader of Germany.

Social Darwinism - the idea that the Aryan race was superior and Jews were 'subhuman'.

·         Was done because Aryans were beautiful and Germans were unattractive

·         Also the Jews were wealthier.

Autarky - the idea that Germany should be economically self-sufficient.

Germany was in danger - from Communists and Jews, who had to be destroyed.

References

1) https://www.stormfront.org/forum/t936915/

2) Additional Source :  http://aryanism.net/culture/aesthetics/human-beauty/ (Aryan Aesthetics)

3) https://www.stormfront.org/forum/t183702/

4) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazism#Ideology