Nazi economic recovery
A Nazi poster promoting work programs One apparent success of Nazi rule was economic recovery. According to Hitler and his cohort, the Nazi economic recovery would end unemployment and restore German...
View ArticleHistoriography of Nazi Germany
Historians have devised different theories to explain Hitler’s ideas The historiography of Nazi Germany is extensive. Historians and researchers have written millions of words about the Nazi regime,...
View ArticleWomen in Nazi Germany
Nazi propaganda emphasising family and motherhood The lives of women in Nazi Germany were shaped by policies and attitudes emanating from the National Socialist (NSDAP) government and the personal...
View ArticleChildren in Nazi Germany
Adolf Hitler with German children in 1932 As with women, Nazi attitudes towards children were derived chiefly from their leader. Adolf Hitler believed that securing the loyalty and obedience of...
View ArticleReligion in Nazi Germany
Catholic priests offer a lukewarm Nazi salute alongside NSDAP leaders including Goebbels (far right) Nazi attitudes toward religion and churches in Germany were complicated and often contradictory....
View ArticleWork in Nazi Germany
An official state-issued workbook from the Nazi era The National Socialists saw workers as cogs in a socio-economic machine, rather than individuals. After taking power in 1933, the Nazis abolished...
View ArticleNazi eugenics
A propganda poster claiming the cost of keeping a disabled person alive is 60,000 marks. Nazi social policies were strongly influenced by the eugenics movement. This pseudo-scientific theory held that...
View ArticleNazi racial policies
SA members during the 1933 boycott Driven by distorted views about race and eugenics, the Nazis hoped to improve German society and commerce by purging them of undesirable racial elements. After taking...
View ArticleNazi law and order
The notorious Nazi judge ‘Raving’ Roland Freisler Like other fascist regimes, the rulers of Nazi Germany were obsessed about social order. Nazi law and order policies were based on the belief that...
View ArticleNazi anti-Semitism
A Nazi cartoon depicts Jews as insects The origins of Nazi anti-Semitism are a matter of some debate. Adolf Hitler was one of several Nazi leaders who nurtured a hatred of the Jewish people. Many...
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