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===Hitler and the Nazis===

===Hitler and the Nazis===

[[Image:Hitler7.JPG‎|right|300px|thumb|Hitler, his favored “Aryans” as soldiers, and the intimidating swastika symbol of Nazism. Hitler was an [[evolution|evolutionary]] racist.]]

[[Image:Hitler7.JPG‎|right|300px|thumb|Hitler, his favored “Aryans” as soldiers, and the intimidating swastika symbol of Nazism. Hitler was an [[evolution|evolutionary]] racist.]]

In Germany the name of the fascists was the “Storm Troopers” or “Brownshirts”, and their political party was called ''Nationalsozialismus'', the Nationalist Socialist German Workers’ Party, or “Nazis” for short.  Adolf Hitler became their leader and he promised to stop communism and undo the Treaty of Versailles, which many Germans considered to be a humiliation to their nation. (The humiliation and outrage caused by this treaty is often cited as a reason for Hitler's rise to power.)  In 1923 Hitler led an armed rebellion in Munich, but was defeated and jailed.  While imprisoned, he wrote ''Mein Kampf'' (''My Struggle'') in which he declared “Aryans” to be the master race.  Hitler considered most German people to be “Aryans”, a term that properly refers to the Indo-European people who partly migrated to India.  The connection is ironic because the swastika, Hitler’s symbol, is borrowed from Hinduism and the name itself is Sanskrit.  But when Hitler said “Aryan” he meant people having Nordic features rather Indian features.

In Germany the name of the fascists was the “Storm Troopers” or “Brownshirts”, and their political party was called ''Nationalsozialismus'', the Nationalist Socialist German Workers’ Party, or “Nazis” for short.  Adolf Hitler became their leader and he promised to stop communism and undo the Treaty of Versailles, which many Germans considered to be a humiliation to their nation. (The humiliation and outrage caused by this treaty is often cited as a reason for Hitler's rise to power.)  In 1923 Hitler led an armed rebellion in Munich, but was defeated and jailed.  While imprisoned, he wrote ''Mein Kampf'' (''My Struggle'') in which he declared “Aryans” to be the master race.  Adolf Hitler was an [[evolution|evolutionary]] racist. Hitler considered most German people to be “Aryans”, a term that properly refers to the Indo-European people who partly migrated to India.  The connection is ironic because the swastika, Hitler’s symbol, is borrowed from Hinduism and the name itself is Sanskrit.  But when Hitler said “Aryan” he meant people having Nordic features rather Indian features.

Hitler also promised to help Germany take back land it lost in the Treaty of Versailles and to conquer Russia and Eastern Europe so that Germans could have more living space, or “lebensraum”.

Hitler also promised to help Germany take back land it lost in the Treaty of Versailles and to conquer Russia and Eastern Europe so that Germans could have more living space, or “lebensraum”.