Should Nazi Germans realised they were voting for war

Through Hitler’s vehement anti-Semitic propaganda, his continually reinforced views for Lebensraum, and his revelations of his beliefs in his book Mein Kampf, the German people had the fundamental evidence of what Hitler’s true ideologies for Germany were and the consequences of what would happen if he were to eventually come to power.

Hitler’s worldview or Weltanschauung was created from his four main beliefs; the German race and particularly the Aryans were a superior race; his belief in the ‘heroic’ leader figure; his hatred for parliamentary democracy, and his hatred of the Jewish people or anti-Semitism. Hitler was unique in the fact that he was able to mobilize a mass movement based on such ideas as. Hitler believed the loss of the First World War and the subsequent restrictions that were enforced upon Germany by the Treaty of Versailles was the most tragic point in the country’s history. Consequently Hitler believed that in order for Germany to break free of these restrictions and to become a supreme power in Europe

It was in cosmopolitan Vienna where Hitler’s beliefs commenced to take form and “he began to indulge in grandiose dreams of a greater Germany”. In Vienna he had embraced a view on life, which changed very little from its original conception throughout the rest of his life. This view included the belief that the expansion of the German economy was held back by a shortage of living space, or Lebensraum. Lebensraum became known as the purpose of achieving more of this space, and it could only be achieved through the use of force. In 1925 Hitler became obsessed by his ‘delusions of grandeur’ of a greater Germany, and believed that he was in fact the heroic leader that would save Germany that he created in his original ideology. Throughout Hitler’s life he consistently puts forward his worldview involving his ideals for Lebensraum. This evidence suggests that the German people were well informed that hostility towards other nations would be a result of Lebensraum.

Hitler’s ideologies of greater Germany could only be achieved if the people were united. To do this Hitler invented a common enemy of the nation, the Jewish people. In this way Germany could be united against a specific enemy and play on the anti-Semitic beliefs that was already in the minds of some of the Germany populace. “Nothing creates more unity than a common enemy. The hatred of the Jews was the backbone of Hitler's power” . Hitler repeatedly expressed his hatred of the Jewish people in his propaganda, “…Hitler blamed the loss of the First World War on the Jews….the Jews were blamed for every political setback.” Hitler used the Jewish people as an excuse for everything wrong with Germany, he considered the Jewish people to be evil. It was not long before they “…became the total explanation for all of his hatreds, fears and desires” . One of the theories of explanation of Hitler’s hatred of the Jews traces back to Dec 21st 1907 with the death of his mother, Klara Hitler. She had developed cancer and it was viewed in 1907 that cancer was caused by bacteria, Hitler viewed it as a Jewish parasite. “How many diseases have their origins in the Jewish virus.” In Mein Kampf Hitler stated the struggle for world domination was and ongoing racial, cultural and political battle between the Aryans and the Jews. The Jewish Conspiracy as it became known, was used by Hitler in his propaganda warfare as a means of employing in the minds of the average German person that Jews were evil people, and in turn uniting the country against them. The notion of a Jewish conspiracy became widespread beliefs in Nazi Germany and would even be taught to school children. Through anti-Semitism the Nazis could offer their followers ‘positive’ measures – the elimination of Jews from German Life- without effecting any changes that would threaten the interests of the elites. In 1928 Hitler’s racial policies were seriously considered by NSDAP. “We must efface the poison outsi

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