Western Civilization II / Unit 16 WC2 1515 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Nazi Racial Ideology: Creators, Preservers, Destroyers
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The idea
Nazism's distinction was biology. Races were biological entities whose blood set their capacity for culture: Aryans created it, Persians and Japanese preserved it, Jews and Slavs destroyed it. Jews were to be pushed aside, Slavs enslaved. The German race stood at extinction's brink.
In practice
Jews blamed for communism and capitalism at once.
Where people slip
The three-tier scheme is the anchor's summary.
Your place on the trail
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