Question

The crimes that Nazis committed were linked to a system of belief and a

set of practices. Nazi ideology was synonymous with Hitler’s worldview.

According to this, there was no equality between people, but only a

racial hierarchy. In this view blond, blue-eyed, Nordic German Aryans

were at the top, while Jews were located at the lowest rung. They came

to be regarded as an anti-race, the arch-enemies of the Aryans. All

other coloured people were placed in between depending upon their

external features. Hitler’s racism borrowed from thinkers like Charles

Darwin and Herbert Spencer. Darwin was a natural scientist who tried toexplain the creation of plants and animals through the concept of

evolution and natural selection. Herbert Spencer later added the idea of

survival of the fittest. According to this idea, only those species that

survived on earth could adapt themselves to changing climatic

conditions. We should bear in mind that Darwin never advocated human

intervention in what he thought was a purely natural process of

selection. However, his ideas were used by racist thinkers and

politicians to justify imperial rule over conquered peoples. The Nazi

argument was simple: the strongest race would survive and the weak

ones would perish. The Aryan race was the finest. It had to retain its

purity, become stronger and dominate the world. The other aspect of

Hitler’s ideology related to the geopolitical concept of Lebensraum, or

living space. He believed that new territories had to be acquired for

settlement. This would enhance the area of the mother country while

enabling the settlers on new lands to retain an intimate link with the

place of their origin. It would also enhance the material resources and

power of the German nation. Hitler intended to extend German

boundaries by moving eastwards, to concentrate all Germans

geographically in one place. Poland became the laboratory for this

experimentation.

Answer the following MCQs by choosing the most appropriate

option:

i. What was Hitler’s ideology of ‘lebensraum’ or living space?

a. Multi-storeyed buildings should be built in Germany to

increase the living space

b. The world must be occupied enabling the material

resources and power of the German nation

c. New territories had to be acquired for settlement

d. Both The world must be occupied enabling the material

resources and power of the German nation and New

territories had to be acquired for settlement

ii. According to the Nazis, ________ people were to be regarded as

desirable.

a. Pure and healthy Nordic Aryans

b. German soldiers who helped in territorial expansion

c. German police of different types

d. All those who were willing to consider Hitler as God

iii. Who influenced the racial ideology of Hitler?

a. Charles Darwin

b. Hitler
c. Herbert Spencer

d. Both Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer

iv. Which concept of Hitler’s ideology revealed his desire for an

extended empire?

a. Concept of survival of the fittest

b. Natural concept of selection

c. Geopolitical concept of living space

d. All of these​

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