Roots of Nazi Ideology 

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Nazi ideology was total, in that it was a world view that claimed to explain everything about the world and how it functions.
At its core, the Nazi world view was racist and biological, positing that the so-called “Aryan” race - primarily the North Europeans - was the superior race of human beings. Their superiority granted the Aryans the right and obligation to rule over other races and peoples, for the benefit of humankind. The Jews, in complete contrast, were seen as a kind of “anti-race”, dangerous inhuman beings in seemingly human form. They were viewed alternatively as microbes and parasites, or as devils, that is, inhuman creatures with superhuman power.
In this video, Dr. David Silberklang presents the topic of Nazi ideology and answers the following questions:
What is Nazi Ideology? What were its roots? From where did the Nazis derive the ideas which served as the basis of their ideology?
Dr. David Silberklang is Senior Historian and Editor of Yad Vashem Studies, International Institute for Holocaust Research, Yad Vashem.
Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: Christian Anti-Judaism - 2:40
Part 3: Social Sciences - 3:53
Part 4: Modern Racism - 5:20
Part 5: Modern Antisemitism - 7:14
Part 6: The Nazi Ideology - 8:15
Archival footage and photographs:
- Yad Vashem Archives
- Color glass slide of a genealogical chart of an 'asocial'- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
individual - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of University of Muenster
- Bundesfilmarchiv/Transit Film GmbH.
- Carl Heinrich Bloch (1834-1890) - The Last Supper
- Giotto di Bondone (1304-1306) - The Arrest of Christ
- Ecclesia and Synagogaת Notre Dame de Paris - Nitot
- History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries - Morton Race
Table - A table from Types of Mankind, by Josiah Clark Nott and George Robert
Gliddon, 1854.
- Otmar von Verschuer with twins - Archiv der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin-Dahlem -
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