Degree Name
MA (Master of Arts)
Program
History
Date of Award
5-2013
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
Stephen Fritz
Committee Members
Brian Maxson, Daryl Carter
Abstract
This thesis seeks to dispel the notion that Nazi ideology was merely an afterthought to numerous actions taken by the Nazis. The first chapter discusses how Nazism’s earliest adherents internalized notions from World War I into an ideology that would motivate the early Nazi Movement to launch the Beer Hall Putsch. The second chapter focuses on the Nazi Party’s electoral tactics and how those actions correlated with entrenched Nazi ideological notions of recognition and community. Finally, the third chapter will seek to demonstrate that the numerous repressive measures implemented by the Third Reich were part of a general plan to prepare a future generation of Nazi citizens for, the worldwide struggle for existence. This work exists as a counter to a considerable amount of literature in the historiography that, by maintaining Nazi ideology and Nazi actions were two separate entities, belittles the importance of Nazi ideology thereby fundamentally misunderstanding Nazism.
Document Type
Thesis - unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Angermeier, Derrick, "A Problem of Perception An Analysis of the Formation, Reception, and Implementation of National Socialist Ideology in Germany, 1919 to 1939" (2013). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 1147. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1147
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.