HIS109Y1 Lecture Notes - Jewish Bolshevism, Mein Kampf, True Master
Document Summary
Hitler - thought he was an artist. Did nothing but roam around vienna - thinking about how good an artist he would have been. Social darwinism =- survival of stronger races at the expense of weaker ones - to become su- permen. General belief - will and race mattered more than rationalism. Anti-sermitism - powerful part of message - informed racial superiority. Long history of anti-semitism in central wurope. Not christian anti-semisitm => racial terms (inferior race) Categorized by most influential writer - pan-german: evil, weak, racial qualities -- suck natural will and power from master race (i. e. germans) Even mayor of vienna = elected on anti-semitic platform. Part of vocab of late 19th c. When hitler was turned into brutal and anti-semitic tracts + gained hatred of marxism. True master race: determined by race, power, suropior qualities => survive among europeans and take away those weaker. Marxism = crimes against racial humanity (allow weaker to survive)
