Mein+Kampf

On November,8 1923, Adolf Hitler attempted an overthrow of the government which was known as the Munich Beer Hall Putsch which caused authorities to arrest him. Hitler was sentenced to 5 years in prison; however, he was prematurely released in one year. While Adolf Hitler was in prison, he wrote the novel which influenced the Nazi party's ideology. The novel was known as __Mein Kampf__. Mein Kampf is German for “ My struggle”. In this novel, he states many of his basic ideas, which included his idea that “history was the record of struggles among races”. By incorporating his basic ideas and beliefs that he thought the Nazi party should incorporate. It, along with the 25-point plan, provided the frame work of Hitler's ideology and of Nazism itself. There were three key aspects to the Nazi party: Racism, Anti-Democracy, Nationalism, and actually a touch Socialist. Nazism bleived in the social "survival of the fittest," or social-Darwinism. Hitler believed that the German, or Aryan, race was supreme and that the Aryan race was supreme over all other races and it was there duty to remain pure and to dominate the inferior races. In Hitler's opinion, any form of government other than a strong dictatorial government was bound to fail. Hitler viewed Parliamentary Democracy was weak and ineffective, went against the German historic traditions of militarism and the power of the state. To replace this weak form of democracy, Hitler instead wanted an all-embracing one party state that would be run on the //Führerprinzip// or leadership principle. This principle rejected representative government and liberal values, and with the chosen leader, the nation would be be roused into action and he would make decisions necessary for the improvement of the country. Not finished

From encarta, will finish cites later. Social History, October 26, 2009, The Seeds of Evil: The Rise of Hitler http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/ASLevel_History/meinkampf.htm

Photo: //Mein Kampf//. Photograph. Http://truereligiondebate.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/exposing-protestant-evangelist-and-born-again-christians-part-2-%E2%80%93-kill-all-jews-the-deadly-trinity-of-bible-luther-and-hitler-part-7-of-the-most-dangerous-book-on-earth-%E2%80%93warnin/.