The+Early+Years+of+The+Nazis+1919-29+(october+15)

__**The Early Years of the Nazis 1919-1929 Vocab** __**Volk-**__ often translated as 'people', although it tends to suggest a nation with the same ethnic and cultural identities and with a colective sense of belongings. __**Anti-capitalism-**__ rejects the economic system based upon private property and profit. __**Aryan**__**__-__** Broadly refers to all the people of the indo-european family. However, the term was more specifically defined by the nazis as the non-jewish people. //**__Fuhrerprinzip-__**// 'The Leadership Principle'. Hitler upheld the idea of a one-party state, built on an all-powerful leader.
 * Antisemitism-**__ The hatred of jews. It became most significant part of nazi racist thinking. For Hitler, the 'master-race' was the pure aryan and the Germans represented he highest caste. The lowest race was the jews.
 * __SA-__** //Sturn Abteilung// became known in English as the storm troopers. They supported the radical socialist aspects of Nazism.
 * //__Mein Kampf-__//** 'My Struggle'. The book writtedn by Hitler in 1924, which expresses his political ideas.
 * __Social Dawinism-__** A philosophy that portrayed the world as a 'struggle' between people, races and nations.
 * //__Lebensraum-__//** Living Space'. Hitler's aim to create and empire by establishing German supremacy over the eastern lands in Europe.
 * //__Volksgemeinschaft-__//** 'A People's Community'. Nazism stressed the development of a harmonious, socially unified and racially pure community.
 * //__Gauleriter-__//** Means 'leader of a regional area'. The Nazi Party was organized into 35 regions from 1926.
 * //__SS-__//** //Schutz Staffel// (protection squad)

All information from: Layton, Geoff. __Weimar and the Rise of Nazi Germany__, 3rd Edition. London. Hodder, 2005.