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What are the peculiar features of Nazi thinking? - India And The Contemporary World – I
What are the peculiar features of Nazi thinking?
The peculiar features of Nazi thinking were:
Racial Hierarchy: Nazis believed there was no equality between people, only a racial hierarchy. Nordic German Aryans were at the top, and Jews were at the lowest rung.
Lebensraum (Living Space): They believed that new territories had to be acquired for settlement to increase the area of the mother country and enhance its power.
Survival of the Fittest: Based on a distorted version of Charles Darwin’s theory, they believed that only the strongest race would survive and the weak (like Jews and the disabled) should perish.
Totalitarian State: They believed in a strong state where the government (controlled by one leader) had total control over the people.
Hatred for Jews: Jews were considered the arch-enemies of the Aryans and were blamed for all of Germany's problems.