Nazi ideology believed there was no

equality between people but

only a racial hierarchy. In this hierarchy

the German Aryans were

at the TOP and the Jews at the lowest

rung.

(ii) These racist beliefs were borrowed

from THINKERS like Charles

Darwin and Herbert Spencer. These

thinkers expounded the concept

of evolution and natural selection and

also the idea of SURVIVAL of

the fittest.

(iii) Their IDEAS were taken by the Nazis to

justify imperial rule over the

conquered people.

(iv) They also believed in the geo-political

concept of Lebensraum or

living space. They believed that new

territories should be acquired

for Germans to settle which could make

Germany a powerful nation

to reckon with.

(i) The Nazis SOUGHT to establish a strong

Nazi society by controlling

the German child both inside and outside

the school. All schools

were 'cleansed' and 'purified. This meant

that teachers who were

Jews or seen as “politically unreliable’

were dismissed.

(ii) Children were first segregated and

subsequently the 'undesirable