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Nazi Ideology And Identity

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Nazi Ideology and Identity Hagen Schulze said: ”Our identity is explained sufficiently only when our history is known: we are what we have become.” According to Oxford dictionary, national identity is a sense of a nation as a cohesive whole, as represented by distinctive traditions, culture, history and language. If someone is asked to inform us who they are, it is not enough for them to provide data and information about their present existences. They should give information about their past- history. Without a link to history they can feel lost because they do not fell like a part of cultural group. The knowledge one has of their history deepens their sense of identity-who they are because it gives them an indication as to what …show more content…

Nazi ideology with making Aryan society affected not only Germans national identity, but it also affected Jews national identity. Although today some Germans ignore the past because of under the pressure of guilt and shame for Nazi crimes, it is obvious that rest of Germans accept their Aryan identity, Jews accept their anti-Aryan historically national identity, and they try to overcome and again will not be a part of it. Before accepting Aryan identity, Germans should know about it. “Valuable” Aryan identity which was created by Hitler and was an important part of Nazi ideology. Hitler argued that the German who was described as Aryan was superior to all others. The Nazis clarified “Aryan” meaning as honorable. Aryan Germans who were “valuable”, who would live and work in harmony together under the leadership of Nazi. They had elected Nazi, accepted him as a leader and willingly carried out his orders. While without any information about dangerous ideology, some Germans took part in Aryan society. The Nazi ideology had total control over men, women, youth, newspapers, radio, art, books, music, universities, schools, police, army,

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