HIS109Y1 Lecture Notes - Socalled, Jewish Bolshevism, Antisemitism
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Stab in the back by jews in germany. Hitler developed belief that an international jewish conspiracy was undermining germany. Saw austria as useless & wanted to serve the german army. Saw wwi as germany"s fight against its enemies as well as against inner internationalism. Crucible for increased national consciousness & purpose & opposition to internationalists, the left & minorities. Defined the germans as the aryan race, jews as a parasitic/alien race designed to undermine germans. National socialist german worker"s party (though he hates socialism & was far-right) Leaders drew up a 25-point plan to abolish the treaty of versailles, create a greater german state (incorporating austria & german speaking areas of denmark, czechoslovakia, etc. ) Called for citizenship in greater german state to be based on ethnic blood. Called for large-scale companies to be nationalized (fuse together interests of bosses & workers to work for national greatness, like mussolini"s policies) Nsdap started out w/ 1100 members, in 1923: 55,000 members.
