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Jim crow in nazi Germany
Party, or NSDAP) was an indistinct underground völkische–German ethnic and nationalist movement which was active from the late 19th century to the Nazi era– groups testified to an extreme vitality and clandestine form of practice. The emergence of NSDAP initially drew from ethnonationalism elites, which was a pivotal point in the evolution of the völkische forces, further lending itself to the structure and acquisition of power. The NSDAP were governed under the same belief, driving them toward the Nazi belief system. This firmly structured movement allowed the Nazi belief system to begin to encompass all of German society.
The Nazi Party’s rise to power began on January 30, 1933, with its political strategy to allow members of the former republic to remain a part of the new regime. The Nazi Party transformed traditional roles and institutions, which resulted in what historians have called “cumulative radicalization.” Cumulative radicalization refers to a state practice solely founded on a racial ideology. For the party, this was its mission of regenerating Germany, and offering the space needed to establish an empire of a thousand years.
The Nuremberg Congress Hall was the setting for annual conferences of the Nazi party from 1933 to 1938, organized by Albert Speer. Leni Riefensahl who had documented the rallies in 1933 and 1935 and wrote The Victory of Faith and Triumph of the Will, first made the conferences famous. After gaining power in 1933, Nazis devoted their attention to the persecution of Jewish people and other racial minorities under the color law. The Color Law denied Jews the right to hold public office or civil service positions, denaturalized Jewish immigrants, denied them employment by the press and radio, and banned them from farming. In
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