'''Lebensraum''' was a [[German]] term made popular by [[Adolf Hitler]] and the [[Nazis]], which literally means "living room" or "living space". Lebensraum was a policy of expanding the territory of [[Germany]], particularly to the east in what is modern [[Poland]], [[Belarus]], and Western [[Ukraine]] where many atrocities were committed and whole villages wiped out. Under Hitler's rule, lebensraum became the political rationale behind the Nazi conquest of territories lost by the [[Treaty of Versailles]], which ended [[World War I]]. | '''Lebensraum''' was a [[German]] term made popular by [[Adolf Hitler]] and the [[Nazis]], which literally means "living room" or "living space". Lebensraum was a policy of expanding the territory of [[Germany]], particularly to the east in what is modern [[Poland]], [[Belarus]], and Western [[Ukraine]] where many atrocities were committed and whole villages wiped out. Under Hitler's rule, lebensraum became the political rationale behind the Nazi conquest of territories lost by the [[Treaty of Versailles]], which ended [[World War I]]. |