Aryan Identity Flashcards
1
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Eugenics in Nazi Germany
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- racial purity by removing undesirables
- superior race must not be contaminated
- forced removal or death
2
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Darwinism
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- theory that natural forces allow only fittest persons or beings to thrive in a competitive environment
- natural selection
- survival of fittest
- strongest survive at expense of weakest
3
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Mein Kampf
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- during Munich Putsch
- plan to create German Reich + ideas about Aryan ideal
- bloodline kept racially pure
4
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Aryan Race
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- blonde
- tall
- prominent chins
- slim
- blue eyes
- healthy
- rosy cheeks
- narrow faces
5
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Undesirables
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- racial minorities, did not fit with Aryan ideals
- JSGHM
- racially impure
- labelled as communists
- evil + threatening to prosperity of Aryans + capitalist state of Germany
6
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Indoctrination of ideals
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- to teach someone to fully accept the ideals, opinions or beliefs of a particular group with no consideration or doubt
- no individual right, for the good of Germany
7
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Scientific Racism
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- Use of scientific techniques to justify the belief in racism and racial inferiority, and practicing the classifying of individuals into discrete race.
- nazi racial hygienists measured nose length and eye colour
8
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Anti Semitism
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- racism or prejudice against Jews
- blamed for Germany’s problems
- we and ours, them and theirs
9
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Boycotts
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- organized abstaining from using, buying from or dealing with a person or organization
- 1933, violent but inefficient
10
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Nuremberg Laws
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- based on ancestry not religion
- SNNNL
- friendship was discouraged
11
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Kristallnacht
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- night of broken glass
- 9 November 1938
- revenge
- organized nationwide attack on Jewish shops, synagogues and homes
- remaining taxed for repairs
- left
- efforts became obvious, sent to concentration camps
12
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Eugenics
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Science that deals with the improvement of a race or breed
