The main principles of Nazi Ideology

Dr. David Silberklang, Prof. Dan Michman

We have seen how the trauma of the First World War and the turbulent interwar years led various political and ideological movements of the time to incorporate antisemitism in their ideologies and policies. This reached a peak with the rise of Nazism in Germany and with the formulation of the Nazi ideology.

What were the main principles of the Nazi worldview?

References

• Bialas, Wolfgang and Lothar Fritze, eds., Nazi Ideology and Ethics (Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014).

• Evans, Richard J., The Coming of the Third Reich (London: A. Lane, 2003).

• Jäckel, Eberhard, Hitler’s World View: A Blueprint for Power (Cambridge, M.A.: Harvard University Press, 1995).

• Kershaw, Ian, Hitler, 2 vols. (New York: W.W. Norton, 1999-2000).