Fascism

Anti-Liberalism

individuality leads to fragmentation. rationallity oppose (individuals cannot govern themselves)

Anti-Semitism

Prejudice against Jews

Autarky

a situation in which a country does not trade with other countries

Autobahnen

Superhighway in Germany

Aryan

In Nazi terminology

Black Shirts

A private army under Mussolini who destroyed socialist newspapers

Brown Shirts

Hitler's private army of supporters

Corporatism

A method of co-optation whereby authoritarian systems create or sanction a limited number of organizations to represent the interests of the public and restrict those not set up or approved by the state.

Coup d'etat

A sudden overthrow of the government by a united group

Cult of Leadership

The leader of an authoritarian state is portrayed as godlike - more than human

Dawes Plan

A plan to revive the German economy

Dissent

to disagree

Duce

Meaning "leader." Mussolini's title as head of the Fascist Party.

Enabling Act

A congressional act directing the people of a United States territory to frame a proposed State constitution as a step towards admission to the Union

Eugenics

science dealing with improving hereditary qualities

Euthanasia

the act of painlessly killing a suffering person or animal; mercy killing

Extremism

the holding of extreme political or religious views; fanaticism.

Fasces

ancient Roman symbol of authority

Fascism

A political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and no tolerance of opposition

Führer

Adolf Hitler's title as chancellor and head of state in Germany.

Gestapo

German secret police

Hitler Youth

Organizations set up under Hitler to train an educate German young people in Nazi beliefs

Inflation

a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.

Lateran Accords

Agreement between Mussolini and Catholic Church. 1929. Recognized independence of Vatican City. Church support of fascist rule. Ended conflict between church and state in Italy.

League of German Maidens

This was a youth movement for girls who were taught how to be good mothers and take care of the home.

Lebensborn

obtaining racial purity-sterilization programs

Lebensraum

Hitler's expansionist theory based on a drive to acquire "living space" for the German people

Mein Kampf

Hitler's expansionist theory based on a drive to acquire "living space" for the German people

Nationalism

A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country

National Socialism

the ideology and practices of the Nazi party

Nuremberg Laws

1935 laws defining the status of Jews and withdrawing citizenship from persons of non-German blood.

Nazi Party

the political party founded in Germany in 1919 and brought to power by Hitler in 1933

Oath of Allegiance

an oath that must be taken by all individuals gaining citizenship through naturalization

Paramilitary

A group that is not an official army

Propaganda

information

Reactionary

strongly opposed to change; conservative

Reich Citizenship Law

Jews were subjects not citizens and must have a "J" marked on their passport

Reichstag

German Parliament

Reichstag Fire Decree

said that Germany was under a state of emergency

Reparation Payments

Britain and France demanded large sums of money from Germany to replace the debts that they received from the war

Rhineland

A region in Germany designated a demilitarized zone by the Treaty of Versailles; Hitler violated the treaty and sent German troops there in 1936

Right Wing

the conservative or reactionary section of a political party or system.

Scapegoat

a person or group that bears the blame for another

Schutzstaffel (SS)

special police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925

Sterilization

Complete destruction of all forms of microbial life

Sturmabteilung (SA)

Meaning "storm troops"

Treaty of Versailles

Treaty that ended WW I. It blamed Germany for WW I and handed down harsh punishment.

Untermenschen

"under people"; word used by Nazi racial ideology to describe "inferior people"

War Guilt Clause

in treaty of Versailles; declared germany and austria responsible for WWI; ordered Germany to pay reparation to Allied powers

Weimar Constitution

Set up Germany's first modern democracy by providing for a directly elected president and parliament (the Reichstag)

Weimar Republic

German republic founded after the WWI and the downfall of the German Empire's monarchy.

White Rose Society

Most famous non-Jewish resistance group

Welfare State

A government that undertakes responsibility for the welfare of its citizens through programs in public health and public housing and pensions and unemployment compensation etc.