Here is a video to briefly summarise Nazi's Ideology
Racism and Restrictions
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| Top: Music Propaganda Above: Poster Propaganda |
Hitler and his party members restricted the freedom of speeches, they persecuted racial or sexual equality and social minorities.
- Censorship in Nazi Germany was implemented by the Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels. All media—literature, music, newspapers, and public events—were censored. Attempts were also made to censor private communications, such as mail and even private conversation. (Examples of Nazi's Propaganda music and posters are depicted at the side of this posts.)
- The aim of censorship under the Nazi regime was to reinforce Nazi power and to suppress opposing viewpoints and information. Punishments varied from banning of presentation, imprisonment, or even execution in a concentration camp.
- Hitler outlined his theory of propaganda and censorship in the Mein Kampf
- Hitler admired the British Empire as a shining example of Nordic genius. Racist theories were developed by British intellectuals in the 19th century to control the Indian people and other "savages." These methods were often copied by the Nazis. Therefore, Hitler wanted the superiority of the “True German Blood” of the “White Aryans” (The Jews was a threat as it was a race capable of superseding them). This theory of the Nordic Race being created by God by Alfred Rosenberg was the norm in the German Culture. Hitler and Himmler planned to use the SS as the basis for the racial "regeneration" of Europe following the final victory of Nazism. The SS was to be a racial elite chosen on the basis of "pure" Nordic qualities.
- Nazis developed an elaborate system of propaganda to diffuse these theories. Cinema was also used to promote racist theories. To preserve the "racial purity" of the German blood, after the beginning of the war the Nazis extended the race defilement law to include all foreigners under the race laws, sexual relations between Aryans and non-Aryans became punishable by law.
- During World War II, Germanization efforts were carried out in central and eastern Europe to cull those of "German blood" there. This started with the classification of people into the Volksliste. Those selected were either sent for Germanization, or killed to prevent "German blood" being used against the Nazis
- They felt that this race (master race) needed more living space, also known as Lebensraum.
Promises made by the Nazis (To gain support)
- The Nazis wanted to retake their honor and what was lost after the embarrassing surrender in the Treaty Versailles which contained hefty consequences.
- A few right-wing politicians and political parties in Europe welcomed the rise of fascism and the Nazis out of an intense aversion towards Communism.
- Wanted a dictatorial type of ruling
- Want politicians that do not surrender easily like the “November Criminals”
- Did not agree with the harsh terms in the “Treaty of Versailles” such as the war reparations
Ruling
- Their way of ruling, which is called “Nazism”, is similar with the ruling of Fascism in which is commonly used in Italy. Fascism is a system of governance which is controlled by a dictator, stringent to socio-economic controls and suppression of the radicals through terror and censorship.
- A distinctive difference from this two rulings is that Nazism does not have a “national movement” unlike Fascism, which will export their ideas to other countries. Nazism also emphasizes on the hatred towards the Jews.
- The main problems that Hitler had to attend to was the restoration of German economic and military supremacy. To gain support and trust from the Germans, Hitler wrote a book named “Mein Kamf” which outlines the political ideology and future plans for Germany.
Competitiveness
Nazism and Communism emerged as two serious contenders for power in Germany after the First World War, particularly as the Weimar Republic became increasingly unstable.
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