Totalitarian Nationalism in Na

The main reason why the Nazi Party gained so much popularity among Germans, was that their policies appealed to German nationalism. People enthusiastically voted for the Nazi Party and on 30th January 1933 Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany. German nationalism, stirred up after World War 1, was an important part of Nazi policy. It ultimately gave Hitler and the Nazis total control over all aspects of German life.

Nazism is a belief that the Aryan (pure German) is a supreme form of human being and that the Jews, Communists and Slavic people are racially inferior (Untermenschen). In principle the Nazis also believe in military conquer, subjugation and eventual extermination of these people. Hitler describes his belief in Aryan superiority in his autobiography “Mein Kampf”

“ All the human culture, all the results of art, science and technology that we can see before us today, are almost exclusively the creative product of the Aryan. Hence it is no accident that the first cultures arose in places where the Aryan, in his encounters with lower peoples, subjugated them and bent them to his will. They then became the first technical instrument in the service of a dev

The Nazi Party gained power for many reasons. After WW1 Germany was left with huge reparation debts, which heavily burdened the German economy. The country lost all colonies as well as territory to neighbouring countries. The infamous Treaty of Versailles further upset Germans with a clause, which stated that Germany was solely responsible for causing WW1. Thus hatred of the Treaty of Versailles resulted in hatred of the first German democratic Weimar Republic, which signed the treaty. Germans had little experience and interest in a republic, but they felt a passionate desire to pay the Allies back and make Germany the “greatest nation” in the world again. As Hitler was such a passionate speaker many Germans enthusiastically believed in many things he said and promised them. Another reason that helped the Nazis gained power was that after WW1 the Communists violently attempted to overthrow the government. Many people since then feared a communist takeover. Thus for the moderate German the Nazi Party only proved to be strong enough to prevent a communist capture of the country.

Soldiers weren’t the only persons who had to swear oaths. Public officials had to swear a similar oath as well. From that point on Hitler had the economy, army and people under total control and they were ready to do anything he commanded.

The Nazis were thus able to create a dreadful totalitarian regime in Germany in the middle of the 20th century, because their national as well as foreign policies appealed to German nationalism. People were directed, educated and prepared for horrifying tasks such as “the Final Solution” and the holocaust as well as WW2, because of German nationalism and Hitler’s exploitation of German emotions.

eloping culture….” (Luedecke, K. I Knew Hitler)

Nationalism is a belief that people from the same cultural background, who speak the same language and have the same religion, should form one nation. It is a passionate belief in the supremacy of that particular country over other countries and that people living should be strongly supportive of their nation’s interests. Nationalism is thus strong devotion and love to a particular country and its people.

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