Fascism Explained for Dummies
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Fascism is a political ideology that emerged in early 20th century Europe. It is characterized by authoritarianism, nationalism, and a belief in the supremacy of the state over the individual. Fascism also often involves a strong emphasis on militarism and a rejection of liberal democracy and capitalism.
The Nazi Party in Germany, led by Adolf Hitler, was a fascist political movement that gained power in the early 1930s and remained in power until the end of World War II. The Nazi Party's political platform, known as the 25-Point Program, was first presented by Hitler in 1920 and served as a blueprint for the party's policies.
Here are the 25 points of the Nazi Party's platform, as outlined in their 1920 manifesto:
We demand the unification of all Germans in the Greater Germany on the basis of the right of self-determination of peoples.
We demand equality of rights for the German people in respect to the other nations; abrogation of the peace treaties of Versailles and St. Germain.
We demand land and territory (colonies) for the sustenance of our people and colonization for our surplus population.
Only those who are our fellow countrymen can become citizens. Only those who have German blood, regardless of creed, can be our countrymen. Hence, no Jew can be a countryman.
Those who are not citizens must live in Germany as foreigners and must be subject to the law of aliens.
The right to choose the government and the laws of the state shall belong only to citizens. We therefore demand that no public office, of whatever nature, whether in the central government, the province, or the municipality, shall be held by anyone who is not a citizen.
We demand that the state shall make it its primary duty to provide a livelihood for its citizens. If it should prove impossible to feed the entire population, foreign nationals (non-citizens) must be expelled from the Reich.
Any further immigration of non-Germans must be prevented. We demand that all non-Germans who entered Germany after August 2, 1914, shall be forced to leave the Reich without delay.
All citizens must have equal rights and duties.
The first duty of every citizen must be to work mentally or physically. No individual shall do any work that offends against the interest of the community to the benefit of all.
That all education of young persons shall be regulated by the state and that all young persons shall be required to receive an education that is in accord with the ideals of the National Socialist state.
In order to make higher education—and thereby entry into leading positions—available to every capable and industrious German, the state must provide a thorough restructuring of our entire public educational system.
We demand the education of gifted and talented children of poor parents, whatever their class or occupation, at the expense of the state.
The state must ensure that the nation's health standards are raised by protecting mothers and infants, by prohibiting child labor, and by promoting physical fitness through the introduction of compulsory gymnastics and sports.
We demand the abolition of the mercenary army and the foundation of a people's army.
We demand that there be a legal campaign against those who propagate deliberate political lies and disseminate them through the press. In order to make possible the creation of a German press, we demand:
a. all editors and employees of newspapers appearing in the German language must be German by race;
b. non-German newspapers may only be published with the express permission of the state;
c. they must not be published in the German language;
d. any financial participation in a German newspaper or influence on such a newspaper is to be forbidden by law to non-Germans and the penalty for any such breach of this law is to be the immediate suppression of the newspaper and the expulsion of the non-Germans involved.
We demand that German law shall take precedence over all legal codes, especially in matters affecting the German people.
The state must provide the opportunity for every able-bodied German to earn a living and support his family.
All citizens must possess equal rights and duties.
In order to make it possible for every capable and industrious German to obtain higher education, and thus the opportunity to reach positions of leadership, the state must offer a comprehensive system of higher education, which shall be available to every worthy and gifted German.
The state shall promote the upbringing of the children in the national tradition and consciousness of their people.
We demand the abolition of the Roman law that serves a materialistic world order, and the substitution of German common law.
The state must take steps to abolish the economic power of the trusts, which monopolize Germany's industries, and to prohibit all cartels and syndicates.
We demand freedom for all religious denominations, provided that they do not endanger the existence of the state or offend against the moral and ethical sense of the Germanic race.
The party as such represents the point of view of a positive Christianity without binding itself to any one particular denomination. It fights against the Jewish materialist spirit within and without, and is convinced that our nation can achieve permanent health only from within on the basis of the principle of the common good.
Sources:
"The 25-Point Program of the NSDAP," Holocaust Education & Archive Research Team (HEART)
"The Nazi 25-point Programme," The History Place
