key terms Flashcards
define Herrenvolk
“master race” - a race believed to be superior to others
“Untermensch”
“sub-man, subhuman” - a person considered racially or socially inferior
“Autarky”
self-sufficiency or economic independence
“Fuhrer”
“leader”- a role of absolute authority
Fuhrerprinzip
“the leadership principle” - the ideal model of leadership
“Lebensraum”
territory believed to be necessary for national existence or economic self-sufficiency
“Lebensborn”
“fountain of life”, Nazi programme organised by Himmler to increase the birthrate of ‘racially sound’ babies
Social Darwinism
“survival of the fittest”, the idea that certain people are innately better than others
Totalitarianism
A system of government that is centralised and dictatorial, requires complete subservience to the state
“Volksgemeinschaft”
“people’s community” - racially unified and hierarchically organised body where the interest of individuals are second to those of the nation
Social Conservatism
political belief that supports emphasis on tradition and relies on the individual to maintain society
