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From socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution Class 9 |
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Answer» Hitler's most cherished dream was to create an exclusive racial community of pure Germans. So the moment he came into power, he began to implement his dream. He wanted to physically eliminate all those who were seen as `undesirable' in extended empire Nazis wanted only a society of 'pure and healthy Nordic Aryans'. They alone were considered 'desirable'. Only they were seen as worthy of prospering and multiplying against all others who were classed as 'undersirable'. This meant that even those Germans who were seen as impure or abnormal had no right to exist. They were viewed as racial 'inferiors' who threatened the biological purity of the 'Superior Aryan' race. Hence, they were widely persecuted. Even Russians and Poles were considered subhuman. When Germany occupied Poland and parts of Russia, captured civilians were forced to work as slave labour. However, Jews remained the worst target of Hitler. They lived in separately marked areas called Ghettos. They were often persecuted through periodoc organised violence, and expulsion from the land. Hitler was not satisfied with this only. The next phase, 1939-1945, aimed at concentrating them in certain areas and eventually killing them in gas chambers in Poland. |
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