Mein Kampf, which translates to 'My Struggle' in English, was Hitler's autobiography, in which he voiced his thoughts, and declared the Nazi's political views. This book was created while Hitler was in prison, with him dictating, and Rudolf Hess, Hitler's Deputy, typing. The first volume was published in 1925, followed by another in 1927. Hitler's book suggested that his extreme hatred of Jews had grown from learning more about the Jews, and that the Jews deserved to be hated. However, "August Kubizek, a boyhood companion, recalled that in Linz 'his anti-Semitism was already pronounced….Hitler was already a confirmed anti-Semite when he went to Vienna. And although his experiences in Vienna might have deepened this feeling, they certainly …show more content…
He believed that the Aryan race should dominate over those who weren't as superior. He believed that the Jews were the polar opposite of the Jews, and referred to them as ''dirty, clever, without any true culture, a maggot, eternal blood suckers, repulsive, unscrupulous, monsters, foreign, the destroyer of Aryan humanity, and the mortal enemy of Aryan humanity.''(Mein Kampf - Britannica). He thought the Jews 'had lost all resemblance to Germans,' and asked 'was there any form of filth or profligacy [depravity], particularly in cultural life, without at least one Jew involved in it?' (The Final Solution - Earle Rice Jr.) Hitler no longer saw Jews as human, so as a result he wrote that getting rid of the Jews "must necessarily be a bloody process."(Mein Kampf - Britannica). Hitler also believed that getting rid of the Jews was part of “the sacred mission of the German people...to assemble and preserve the most valuable racial elements... and raise them to the dominant position.” (Mein Kampf - Britannica). This meant that to make the German's blood pure, he had to kill all the Jews, and rid them from the German culture, as they seemed to him like parasites leeching off their land, and that they clearly didn't belong. As many people bought Hitler's books, and read it, they too also believed in this philosophy, and as a result the Jews were isolated from
He believed that “Aryans” were the purified race. He pronounced that his race must remain pure in order to one day take over the world. For Hitler, the ideal "Aryan" was blond, blue-eyed, and tall. Although Hitler was not even close to looking like an Aryan, he showed the love he had for them. His mind-set was very racist and discriminatory. He had the idea of a “master race” and he discriminated anyone that wasn’t a part of it. He believed that the Germanic people were the only purified race and everyone else was filthy. The Nazis began to put their ideology into practice with the support of German scientists who believed that the human race could be improved by limiting the reproduction of people considered "inferior." The only way Hitler could carry on his “master race” was by getting rid of every non-aryan. He went on a hunting spree for every Jew, Gypsy, homo-sexual, etc. He thought they were not pure and didn’t belong on earth, and this expresses the hatred and how discriminatory he was towards anyone that wasn’t German. By doing this, the Nazis grew in power and had the German society following them, which shows the control and power of Hitler’s words and actions. When Hitler and the Nazis came to power, these beliefs became the government ideology and were spread in publicly displayed posters, on the radio, in movies, in classrooms, and in newspapers. Hitler traveled in planes from city to city, spreading the word of the Aryan-race. He spoke to radio stations, educated children in school, posted pictures and many posters, but he mostly gave brainwashing speeches that tricked most of the German Society to follow him. He used blind obedience to grow his idea. Although most Germans followed out of fear, others seemed to resist and go against
The Jews weren’t always liked, and they never had a place to call home, being spread out all across Europe. However Hitler took things to another level, blaming the Jews for Germany’s defeat in WWI and its following economic depression and. It is unknown why he chose the Jews as scapegoats, or whether he actually even believed the Jews were responsible, but all he saw at the time was Jews living in prosperity while Germans were suffering. Hitler’s hate made him feel like he had to exterminate all the Jews in Europe, so in his memoir “Mein Kampf”, Hitler wrote down how he planned to kill all the Jews. However the Jews then didn’t believe one man would be willing to go this far for no certain reason.
Mein Kampf is a outrageous book written by Adolf Hitler. The title "Mein Kampf" in Germany means my struggle and was published in the summer of 1925, followed by his second version in 1927. Mein Kampf was written while he was imprisoned. "Four and a Half Years of Struggle against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice" was Hitlers orignally title that he chose. His publisher thought it would have been better to give it a shorter title. Hitler talked about his life and gave ideas of how he would run Germany. He portrayed the Germans as being the superior race (blue eyes, pale-complexioned skin and blond hair) over all the other races. Hitler refers to the German people as an Aryan or the master race. In the book, he categorized people based on their physical appearance. Hitler 's book revealed his hatred against the Jews and the Bolsheviks. Hitler 's "The Mein Kampf" was like some kind of "Bible" that the Nazis took as a guide. It basically told them everything that they would do.
The dominant political figure of German history in the twentieth century, Adolf Hitler, was born in a lower middle class family in the provincial Austrian town of Braunau am Inn on 20 April 1889. In 1907 Hitler applied to enter the Vienna Academy of Art but his application was rejected. After the death of his mother Klara, Hitler decided to move to Vienna. He drifted from job to job, often selling sketches or painting scenes of Old Vienna and it was a period that he himself later called the most miserable period of his life. Many of Hitler’s views of the world were shaped by his experiences on the streets of Vienna and it is probable that his violent anti-Semitism dates from this time.
Hitler states, “It is idle to argue which race or races were the original representative of human culture and hence the real founders of all that we sum up under the word ‘humanity’(Hitler 605). According to himself, the top is a Germanic man with light skin, blonde hair, and blue eyes, known as Aryan. He is stated as the founder of all higher humanity and represents the prototype of all that we understand by the word ‘man’. Hitler disapproved of Marxism because it disregards the idea of nationalism and the importance of race. Through Hitler’s eye, Marxism basically handed the world over to the Jews, in which the Jews would have much control over Europe. In addition, he felt as though Marxism would give the Jews power in order to enslave and destroy people that are not Jewish. Jews contaminated aspects of culture such as art, literature, and theater and they convert these significant elements of society into their own beliefs. Overall, the Jews wanted to eliminate all others and control the Germans for their own gain. It was the battle for world domination; racially, culturally, and politically between the Aryans and the Jews. Hitler wanted to keep the Jews and Aryan separate because he felt as though the Jews were truly evil people and should be eliminated and the Aryans should be kept pure. Mixing between races would lower the quality of the higher race and would cause regression of the
<br>Mein Kamph is an important book because it reveals a great deal about Hitler's mind, outlook and the ideas that became the basis of National Socialism. What he wrote as his philosophy in 1924 he began to implement as policy when he became supreme ruler of Germany after 1934.
By 1921, Hitler was leading the National Socialist German Workers' Party. He was a very effective speaker and captivated audiences for hours. He was persuasive and told people what they wanted to hear. Because of this, he was a very successful propaganda artist. Driven by Germany's loss in WWI and humiliation, which was a result of the terms in the treaty of Versailles, Hitler found many followers who sympathized with his cause. After his political group failed an attempt to overpower the Bavarian government, he was arrested and jailed for nine months. While imprisoned, Hitler wrote Mein Kampf (My Struggle), which was his autobiography, and it was full of his political ideas as well as the policies for what would become the Nazi organization. Later, he would use this book to spread his ideas and indoctrinate people into the Nazi party. At one point in time, he tried to destroy all other books in Germany. He required that Mein Kampf be taught in the schools, and children learned at a very young age that they were to be Nazis and support Hitler.
Mein Kampf was crucial to Hitler’s political uprise. It was Hitler’s autobiography, made up of two volumes that contained two main purposes; to help him attract Nazi Party followers and to outline his devious plans for a greater, more powerful Germany (We Remember the Holocaust). He wrote the first volume while in Landsberg Prison in November 1923. He figured he needed to gain control of Germany and its surrounding countries a slightly different way after he was arrested for his partake in the Beer Hall Putsch, a failed attempt to take over the government of Bavaria. Hitler wrote the second volume the following year, during his gradual dictatorial uprise. The first volume was eventually published on July 18, 1925, and the second volume was published the year after (britannicaschool.eb).
Mein Kampf is an autobiographical by Adolf Hitler. In his book he wrote many of his ideas for Germany in its upcoming years. Mein Kampf in English is “My Struggle”. Many refer to this book as “The National Socialism Bible”. This book created the Nazi Party. It was published in 2 volumes and translated into 11 different languages.The book was on the rise and sold over 5,000,000 copies of it.
As Hitler was imprisoned he had spare time, time to write a book named mein kampf. Mein kampf originally had a different name at one time, Mein kampf also talks about how the Aryan race is more superior to others, the military tactics involved with Mein kampf, and also in mein kampf he talks about how Jews are a lower power than others
For my research project, I have chosen to investigate Adolf Hitler and how he came to despise the Jewish race. My thesis question for this project is “What lead to Hitler’s desire to exterminate the Jews in Europe?”. For this investigation, two sources that have been of help to me are both Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler and World War II: a definitive visual history by Alison Sturgeon. The book Mein Kampf is an original source document written by Adolf Hitler and translated by James Murphey. Mein Kampf was published in 1995 by Franz Eher Nachfolger in Germany. Adolf Hitler was the dictator of Germany from 1934-1945. The purpose of this book is the provide insight into Hitler’s first hand thoughts and to share them with the public. In the author’s notes in Mein Kampf, Hitler says the following… “After years of uninterrupted labour it was now possible for the first time to begin a work which many had asked for and which I myself felt would be profitable for the Movement. So I decided to devote two volumes to a description not only of the aims of our Movement but also of its development. There is more to be learned from this than from any purely doctrinaire treatise.” Hitler wrote this book while incarcerated due to his attempt in overthrowing the German government in 1923. This source is valuable because it is a look into Hitler’s actual thoughts and this is important because my historical investigation requires a look into why Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews in Europe and
Mein Kamp "My Struggle") is an autobiographical manifesto by National Socialist leader Adolf Hitler published in July 18th 1925 by Franz Eher Nachfolger. In which he outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany. Hitler began to dictate his book to Hitler’s deputy Rudolf Hess while imprisoned following his failed Putsch in Munich in November 1923. Although while imprisoned Hitler got many visitors daily he slowly became more dedicated towards his book. Hitler realised that he would have to make it a two volume work, with his first volume to be released in 1925. Although Hitler originally wrote this book mostly for the followers of National Socialism, despite the book being very difficult to read and repetitive, it grew in popularity.
Hitler had an insane hatred for the Jews. He felt that the whining Jewish population was what prevented the country of Germany to rising to its former glory. Before coming into power, Hitler wrote a book explaining his hatred and why others should hate as well. The book was not very popular at the time but would later be held as the nazi “bible”.
Throughout his regime, the segregation between the so-called Aryans and the Jews intensified. Hitler utilized the Jewish people as scapegoats to bring an increase to his political and social supports, stirring up hatred towards the Jews within the German nation. Children were taught to despise Jews, and social views on the Jewish people and culture shifted towards a discriminatory attitude towards the Jews. Hitler himself even stated that “the personification of the devil as the symbol of all evil assumes the living shape of the Jew” in his autobiographical manifesto, titled “Mein Kampf”. This hierarchy was established in Germany, and the Jewish people were put at the bottom, being labelled as unworthy of life, due to their ‘inhuman’ nature. Ultimately, this intensified and met the extreme procedure of the organized genocide of the Final
Mein Kampf in English translates to: my struggle to understand the truth. Hated and fear of the Jews are the two main themes of the book. Hitler had an absolute obsession with the Jews and was convinced that the Jews were planning to take over Germany and were on the verge to victory. After reading the provided pages from this book, I believe that Hitler truly saw a life/death apocalyptic struggle between the citizens of Germany and the Jews and uses this as a scapegoat for the problems of Germany as a political instrument.