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,
controversial topic at this time, and resulted in many believing in Aryan superiority. Hitler concealed
For years before Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany, he was overpowered with the idea of a perfect race. In his speeches, Hitler spread his beliefs in racial "purity" and in the superiority of the "Germanic race", what he called an Aryan, which is a "master race." Hitler pronounced that his race must remain pure in order to take over the world. For Hitler and the Nazis, the ideal "Aryan" was blond, blue-eyed, and tall.
In other words it was claimed that 'the Jews had caused Germany's defeat in World War 1'. Potentially, this made anti-Semitism explosive in Germany.
One of Hitler’s many ambitions for Germany was to achieve total Aryan supremacy. Hitler wanted to make all Germans perfect physical specimens. All of them tall and strong with blue eyes and blond hair though he himself was short, with brown eyes and hair. Hitler claimed that the Germans were the purest Aryans and therefore superior to all other peoples. Hitler made sure that all Germans knew this, he told the German people what they wanted to hear, that they were in fact the master race and that they were superior to any other persons. Although many were opposed to Hitler’s idea of Aryan supremacy the German people supported him enthusiastically regardless.
Hitler’s vision was that the Aryan race was superior to other races. These races included the inhabitants of northwestern Europe. Hitler considered all of the Germans to be Aryan. Not just the ethnic Germans, but Belgians, Scandinavians,
From 1933 to 1945, Germanyś government was led by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. During this time, they carried out a method to onslaught all European Jews. Because the Germans placed themselves as the superior people, they decided that Jews would be punished only because of their religion/race. In Hitlerś eyes, the only way for survival was to be a part of the ¨master race¨. The ¨master race¨ was to always stay ¨pure¨ in hope that one day, they would take over the world.
The Nazi Party Platform publicly declared their intentions to segregate the Jews from Aryan and stated that “ Only a national comrade can be a citizen. Only someone of German blood, regardless of faith, can be a citizen. Therefore no Jews can be a citizen.” (Citation)
The Nazi used a term called the “Master Race” or the Aryan Race. It was basically a racial term describing an idea of a pure race. The Nazis believed in a concept that Aryans had the most pure blood on the earth.
Jewish community was isolated from the rest of the world, because Hitler had represented the
In 1921, Hitler became leader of the Nazi party, a racist social group that believed that their Aryan race was superior than others. An Aryan race was anyone that who was European but excluded Jew’s, Romanians, and Slavic. In 1934, he became führer (a ruthless leader) to Germany, creating anti-Semitic laws for all Jews. This law meant that Jewish kids could not go to school, own pets or even keep a bicycle. Hitler’s poesy believed that Jews caused problems in the country and that they needed to be removed. “The Final Resolution” was a result of concentration
Hitler believed Germans were racially superior and deemed Jews and other ‘undesirables’ a threat and ‘impurity’ to the community. In 1933, before Nazi Germany came into
Ultimately, everyone that was not “Aryan” by German standards were either treated as waste, or thrown into concentration camps to live a wretched
There has been many eras in history that have been appauling to human rights; Nazism in Germany was one of these eras. After its defeat in World War I, Germany was humiliated by the Versailles Treaty, which reduced its territory, drastically reduced its armed forces, demanded the recognition of its guilt for the war, and stipulated it pay reparations to the allied powers. Therefore with the German Empire destroyed, a new parliamentary government was formed. And so, in 1933, Adolf Hitler, was named chancellor of Germany. After the Nazi party won in the elections of 1932, the Nazi party conducted propaganda campaigns. Propaganda appeared to depict the Nazi government as stepping in and restoring order. This propaganda was used to maintain power, implement policies, and justify the extermination of millions of Jews and others considered inferior by Hitler and the Nazi party. Therefore, Nazi ideology was defined as theories of racial hierarchy and Social Darwinism, which identified Germans as part of what Nazis regarded as an Aryan or master race. This ideology aimed to overcome social divisions and create a homogeneous societies, or national unity. The Nazis aimed to unite all Germans living in German territory, as well as gain additional lands for expansion. The German people were reminded of the struggle against foreign enemies and Jewish Disruption through propaganda campaigns. Thus, the effects of Nazism were Anti-Semitism, Euthanasia programs, and the Holocaust.
German identity as defined by Hitler, equated a sense of threat against the German way of life; Germanness. Anyone that posed a dangerous opposition to the ideal German citizen; Aryan race, was targeted. The various groups of “social outsiders”, such as those who differentiated from the German norm of religious affiliations, sexual orientation, or political views shaped Hitler’s notion of German
The Aryan Race, which was originally created as a form of categorization was used in the late 19th century to the mid 20th century to describe multiple types of people. While originally intended to be used as a neutral ethnolinguistic classification, the Nazis promoted it as more of a racial hierarchy, making it known that the Germanic peoples were the "Master race" who they then called Aryan. The main role for the Aryan Race in human history was to become the "Master Race," creating all kinds of techniques, art, and science. Segments of modern and classic civilization were built on this race, they were very ambitious with the mindset to move forward in history and remain at the top. Aryans have always worked to be the leading group in humanity, dating back to the deepest parts of their roots. Their ability to adapt and develop were impeccable which also made them unconquerable in the eyes of many others, so nations served them without quarrel.