Hitler was in prison from 1923 - 1924 (9 months). Here he wrote his
autobiography Mein Kampf, which outlined most of his political beliefs.
Nationalism
Broke restrictions on Germany in
the Treaty of Versailles
Revived the power
of Germany
Made Germany self-sufficient,
not dependent on imports from
abroad
Expanded Germany's
boarders
Purified the
German 'race'
Socialism
Like communists, Hitler
wanted to control big
businesses
Communists wanted to place all
private land and businesses in the
hands of the workers. Hitler didn't
support this form of socialism
To him, socialism meant
running the economy in the
national interest so that:
Both argriculture and industry would flourish
Businesses wouldn't
make unfair profits
Jews couldn't
control businesses
Workers would
be treated fairly
Totalitarianism
Hitler despised democracy. He
said it was weak
He believed in Furherprinzip (leadership principle): total
loyalty to leader. - Leader could organise every aspect
of society for the benefit of German people
Traditional German Values
He wanted the return of: Strong family
values, with clear male and female roles
Christian morality
old-style German
culture, with traditional
art, music and theatre
Struggle
Germany should struggle: Outside her
borders, against other countries, for land
- to get living space, so that all German
people could live together, united
Inside her borders, against non-German
people, so that they could strengthen the
true German race
Racial Purity
Hitler said people were divided
into superior and inferior races
The Aryans were the superior
race - German people of northern
Europe, who, he said, had
produced all that was good in
human culture
Inferior races - eastern
Europe, Asia and Africa
lowest form of life - Jews,
described as parasites who
fed off the countries they
lived in