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Fuhrbach on why he joined the Nazi movement (1934)
Hermann Führbach was a German labourer and a member of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) and Sturmabteilung (SA). Führbach was born in Muhlheim-Glatz in 1907. Though not old enough to serve in World War I, he was...
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Nazi Germany quotations: children and education
Hitlerjugend leader Artur Axmann meets members of the group Adolf Hitler and other Nazi leaders placed great importance on children and youth, developing policies and forming groups to indoctrinate...
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Nazi Germany quotations: women and motherhood
The cover of Frauen Warte, a Nazi magazine for women Adolf Hitler had simplistic and traditional views on gender. He believed the role of men was to work and fight, while the role of women was to tend...
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Nazi Germany quotations: power and totalitarianism
An Australian cartoon depicting Hitler, Hermann Goering and Joseph Goebbels Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party held extreme views about the nature of power. They believed that state power was paramount...
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This collection of Nazi Germany quotations has been selected and compiled by Alpha History authors. It contains quotes from Nazi leaders, contemporaries or historians who specialise in the history of...
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This collection of Nazi Germany quotations has been selected and compiled by Alpha History authors. It contains quotes from Nazi leaders, contemporaries or historians who specialise in the history of...
View ArticleNazi Germany quotations: Adolf Hitler
This collection of Nazi Germany quotations has been selected and compiled by Alpha History authors. It contains quotes from Nazi leaders, contemporaries or historians who specialise in the history of...
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This collection of Nazi Germany quotations has been selected and compiled by Alpha History authors. It contains quotes from Nazi leaders, contemporaries or historians who specialise in the history of...
View ArticleGuidelines of the DAP (1919)
On January 5th 1919, the nationalist newspaper Auf gut Deutsch published this document, the guidelines of the Deutsche Arbeiterpartie (DAP) or German Workers’ Party. It was written by Anton Drexler:...
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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...
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Historiography 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,...
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Women 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...
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Children 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...
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Religion 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....
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Work 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...
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Nazi 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...
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Nazi 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...
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Nazi 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...
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Nazi 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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