claims of community
TitleThe claims of community
Author
Call number940.5318/0449
Object number04776b
Place of publicationLincoln, Nebraska, United States
PublisherUniversity of Nebraska Press
Year of publication
2015
Physical descriptionpp129-143
MaterialArticle
ISBN9780803274693
NotesArticle from the book "How was it possible?"pp129-143
Chapter from the book 'Belonging and genocide'
Chapter from the book 'Belonging and genocide'
Description
Hitler's 'social revolution' was rooted in Darwinist obsessions that saw history as a constant struggle between peoples for dominance and in the conviction that Germans were superior to any other nation. Nazi racial politics intended to distribute the properties and homelands of these people among Aryans. Hitler's Germany would thus become a welfare state based on the exploitation of 'inferiors'