What are the peculiar features of Nazi thinking?

There was a set of practices and a system of belief that tended to link the crimes which were committed by the Nazis. The worldview of Hitler and the ideology propagated by Nazis were synonymous. According to the ideologies of Nazis, there was only a form of racial hierarchy and there did not exist any equality between the people.

The Peculiar Features of Nazi Thinking

As Nazis grew under Hitler, its ideology was similar to that of Hitler, of one empire, one people, and one leader. A set of beliefs and rules were linked to the crimes of the Nazis. According to Nazis, there was no equality between the people, and Jews were considered Arch-enemies of Aryans(the term ‘Aryans’ was used to define the master race for Germans, and non-Aryans were termed as Jews).

As per the Nazis, Aryans had to dominate the world, and mass murders took place in order to kill non-Aryans(Jews) in Germany, as they believed the weaker race should perish and the stronger should survive. Only Nordic Aryans were considered desirable Aryans and classed by Nazis.

They believed that Jews were the cause of the misery of the Germans. Nazis propagated the idea of war and aggression and wanted to establish a separate racial community of desirables. The idea of Lebensraum was developed in order to survive, which means living space and new territories should be gained for the settlement of Germans. In these ways, the Nazis desired to establish their control over Germany.

Hitler and the Idea of Lebensraum

Hitler had another ideology about the concept of living space called the Lebensraum, which was mostly a geopolitical concept. This was done for enhancing the area which was under the mother country and for the acquisition of new territories.

This was also for enhancing the power as well as material resources which was present with the German state. Hitler wanted to concentrate and control the Germans geographically in one particular place, which Hitler had intended to do by the extension of German boundaries by moving more eastwards.

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FAQs on Peculiar Features of Nazi Thinking

Q1. What are some of the major features of Nazism in Germany?

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Some of the major features of Nazism in Germany included Dictatorship, antisemitism, anti-communism, racism, the supremacy of whites, and social Darwinism.

Q2. What is nazism?

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Nazism refers to the body of political as well as economic doctrines held and put into effect by the Nazis in Germany from the year 1933 to 1945.

Q3. What effect did the Great Depression have on Germany?

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By the year 1932, over 6 million Germans have become unemployed in the nation of over 60 million people.