1. Nazi Racial Ideology

Question 1

What did Nazi racial policy aim to establish?

Answer 1

A pure German race, including people from Austria, ethnic Germans from Czechoslovakia and anyone with German heritage

Question 2

The Master Race

Answer 2

Nazis believed that Germans were the master race and should dominate all other races

Question 3

The Untermenschan

Answer 3

Inferior and sub-humans
They believed that they threatened the existence of the German master race

Question 4

Ways in which the Nazi’s aimed to create a pure German race

Answer 4

Selective breeding
Destroying the Untermenschan

Question 5

What was introduced by Hitler to the Nazi Party in 1920 which outlined the desired goals of the party?

Answer 5

The 25 Point Program

Question 6

Racist policies of the 25 Point Program

Answer 6

4. Only a member of the race can be a citizen
5. Whoever has no citizenship is to live in Germany only as a guest
6. We demand freedom of religion for all religious denominations so long as they don’t oppose the moral sense of the Germanic race

Question 7

2 core beliefs that made up Nazi race ideology

Answer 7

Eugenics - reproduction in order to increase occurrence of characteristics regarded as desirable
Social Darwinism - Hitler believed it was the destiny of the Aryans to rule over the inferior races

Question 8

What German word means living space?

Answer 8

Lebensraum

Question 9

How does Lebensraum link to Nazi Race Ideology?

Answer 9

When the Nazi’s would take over a country, only Germans could stay and only ‘true’ Germans could be in the country