Hitler’s core ideas can be summed up in the phrase “race and space.” (Bergen 36). Due to wanting more people in the Aryan race they believed that they needed more living space. This also made the Nazi’s feel as if they needed to protect themselves and the Aryan race in any way possible. One way he wanted to help preserve Germanys “master race” was by providing more room for them. This was when Hitler and the Nazi’s came up with Lebensraum. Bergen states, “To make settlements possible, the plan demanded expulsion of those currently living there… tens of millions of people were to be forced into less desirable areas, allowed to die of starvation and disease, or turned into slaves for the German empire.” (168). They felt as if they needed to get rid of these people in order to provide those whom are of Aryan or the master race a place to continue living and breeding. This was put together for Germany to expand. Hitler felt as if Germany was in danger because of the Jews and the communists. He believed that anyone who could potentially harm Germany should be destroyed. One of the ways he was able to get people in Germany to understand and follow his beliefs was by using …show more content…
Nazi symbolism ranges from the Hitler salute to the swastika. Propaganda did also play a big role in symbolism. The propaganda they used helped shape the Nazi symbolism and what they stood for. Alan Mitchell states in, The Nazi Revolution: Hitler’s Dictatorship and the German Nation, the “propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels preached the Nazi gospel and many believed.” (23) This was the man that was in charge of all things posted or written about the Nazi’s or Hitler. Symbolism for the Nazi’s was a way for them to help gain more power. Bergen states that Hitler believed power had to be focused in order to be effective, the focal point was him. (39) He wanted the attention to be for a good reason. He needed the symbols and propaganda all to show how great and effective a leader he was. One of the most talked about practices of the Nazi’s was of their medicine. The Nazi’s were known to want a perfect Aryan race. In doing so, they needed to get rid of those who weren’t deemed as ‘perfect’ or ‘pure’. This means those children or people with physical and/or mental disabilities. Although they did use force and destroyed people physically, they found another way to get rid of people. They did so by using the medical field as a