The+Early+Years+of+the+Nazis+1919-29+Vocabulary

Key Terms and Vocab from this reading:


 * Anti-Semitism- The hatred of Jews. A core racist value of the Nazi party. Hitler believed the "master race" were the Aryans


 * Volk- translates to: People. however it suggests a nation where everyone has the same cultural ideas and are of the same ethnicity.


 * Anti-capitalism- Rejects the economic system based on private property and profit.


 * SA- Sturm Abteilung- the english translation is Storm Troopers (Yay Star Wars). The SA was also referred as the Brownshirts because of the color of their uniforms.


 * Mein Kampf- "My Struggle" this was a book that was written by Adolf Hitler during his time in prison. The book, coupled with his [|25 points programme of 1920], lay the foundation of Nazi ideology.


 * Social Darwinism- the application of Charles Darwin's "survival of the fittest" to modern society. it portrayed the world as a struggle between races, nations and societies. Hitler thought that the ultimate struggle was war and enjoyed the idea of natural selection.


 * Aryan- A broad term referencing all Indo-European people. Nazi's viewed Aryans as "non- Jews"


 * Fuhrerprinzip- translates to: the leadership principle. This is the idea of having a single, all powerful leader of a nation


 * Lebensraum- translates to: living space. Hitler's main aim of creating a large empire through the takeover of eastern lands in Europe.


 * Volksgemeinschaft- translates to: a peoples community. Nazism put importance on the development of a unified, harmonious and racially pure society.


 * Gauleiter- translates to: leader of a regional area. the Nazi Party was divided into 35 different regions, each with its own Gauleiter.


 * SS-Schultz Staffel- translates to: protection squad. they became known as the blackshirts because of the color of their uniforms.