Hitler's Aims Flashcards
1
Q
what were Hitler’s main aims?
A
Volk, Racial Germany, Strong Germany
1
Q
what was volkgemeinschaft?
A
national community open to all “Aryan” Germans, regardless of class, region, or religion
2
Q
what did the aim of the ‘volk’ mean?
A
- people’s own lives less important than the country
- loyalty to volk, fuhrer and germany
- other claims on loyalty removed eg family
- no free speech or thinking
3
Q
what did the aim of a ‘racial germany’ mean?
A
- it was women’s national duty to produce racially ‘pure’ children
- sterilisation and social darwinism
- removing ‘undesirables’
- believed many problems caused by impure aryans
- aryan domination
4
Q
what was lebensraum?
A
the territory which a group, state, or nation believes is needed for its natural development - expanding east
5
Q
what was autarky?
A
economic independence, self sufficiency
6
Q
what did a ‘strong germany’ look like in hitler’s aims?
A
- global power
- racial future
- lebensraum
- autarky - restore prosperity and rearm
- stronger leadership to overturn ToV
