GRMN 2301 exam 1 latest questions and answers 2023/24

major tenets of nazi ideology - antisemitism, lebensraum, nationalism, leadership principle, social darwinism, anti communism, pan Germanism anti semitism - Antisemitism within Nazi ideology was a continuation of historical anti-semitism with new ideas of race (Social Darwinism), hate and "degenerate culture" (modernist art and film + feminism). Less that 2% of the German nation was Jewish... change from christian to racial anti semitism, wasnt a reaction to jewish life, they were the scapegoat, hatred of some aspects (feminism, art, etc.) that was associated with jewish life hostility/prejudice towards jews lebensraum - The desire to expand eastward to provide living space for the growing German race. "living space". need more space in east germany, wanted to conquer slavic lands to make more room for ethnic germans Lebensraum: clearing Poland of gentiles/elite and Jews to make space for Germans, beginning of wwII nationalism - Originally led by student organizations with the idea of "unification of conglomerates", promoting the cultural unity of the German Race. aimed for the creation of a new racial german community under the leadership of one man leadership principle - Adopted by other Fascist movements like Italy, one strong leader, not democratic. govern by means of biological education and scientific truth, one strong leader Social Darwinism - Not a nazi invention, movement of colonialism and superiority complex, survival of the fittest race (Aryan), the sick, weak, disabled and degenerates (Artists, Poets) will suffer and not survive