17 Radicalisation Of The State Flashcards
1
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3 Main phases of radicalisation
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- Legal revolution, 33-34
- New Germany, 34-37
- Radical Policies, 38-39
2
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Social Darwinism
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- Justify racial ideas and imperialist growth through adapting survival of the fittest and creating racial hierarchy
3
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Slavs: key term
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Ethnic group in Central and Eastern Europe, included Czechs, Poles, Russians ext
4
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Herrenvolk
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- Master race
- Northern Europe
5
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Degenerate: key term
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- Person lacking usual qualities, either physical, mental or moral
6
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Volksgemeinschaft
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- National community twisted by racial thinking
- Remove enemies
7
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Volksgenossen
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- National comrades
- Membership for Aryans
8
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Groups excluded from volksgemeinshaft
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- Political enemies
- Asocials
- Different races
- Hereditary defects
9
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Lebensraum
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- Living space
- More space and expansion of territories to extend master race
10
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Eugenics: key term
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- Race being genetically improved through selective breeding
11
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Key dates for progression of sterilisation
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- 33, Law for prevention of hereditary diseases
- 36, X Ray sterilisation for women over 38
12
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Number of people sterilised by Nazis
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400,000
13
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Euthanasia: key term
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- Intentionally ending a life to relive pain and suffering
14
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Dr Phillip Bouhler (1899-1945): key profile
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- Nazi party newspaper 1920s
- 1933 head of Hitler’s Party office
- Controlled letters for granting euthanasia
15
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Dr Karl Brandt (1904-48): key profile
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- In Hitler’s inner circle
- Co founder of euthanasia programme
- Commissioner of health and sanitation
