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- DictionaryLe·bens·raum/ˈlābənsˌroum/
noun
- 1. the territory that a state or nation believes is needed for its natural development, especially associated with Nazi Germany.
3 days ago · Lebensraum is a German concept of expansionism and Völkisch nationalism, the philosophy and policies of which were common to German politics from the 1890s to the 1940s. It was a leading motivation of Nazi Germany to initiate World War II and to pursue a policy of territorial expansion and ethnic cleansing in Central and Eastern Europe.
1 day ago · In pursuit of Lebensraum, Germany sought systematically to destroy Polish society and nationhood. The Nazis killed Polish priests and politicians, decimated the Polish leadership, and kidnapped the children of the Polish elite, who were raised as “voluntary Aryans” by their new German “parents.”
- Michael Berenbaum
1 day ago · Truth About Nazi Germany and the Second World War. Field Marshals Alan Brooke and Bernard Montgomery, with Churchill and General William Simpson of the 9th American Army at the Siegfried Line, outside Aachen, Germany, 6 March 1945. (Imperial War Museum, Wikimedia Commons) Tucker Carlson recently had Darryl Cooper on his podcast to discuss history.
4 days ago · Hitler had an overriding ambition for territorial expansion, which was largely driven by his desire to reunify the German peoples and his pursuit of Lebensraum, “living space” that would enable Germans to become economically self-sufficient and militarily secure.
- Hitler was of great historical importance—a term that does not imply a positive judgment—because his actions changed the course of the world. He wa...
- Hitler’s rise to power traces to 1919, when he joined the German Workers’ Party that became the Nazi Party. With his oratorical skills and use of p...
- A key figure of Hitler’s inner circle was Joseph Goebbels, minister of propaganda and a fervent follower whom Hitler selected to succeed him as cha...
- As Soviet troops entered the heart of Berlin, Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945, in his underground bunker. Although there is some specula...
3 days ago · Nazi Germany's aggressive desire for territorial expansion (Lebensraum) ranks as a major cause of World War II. [3]
1 day ago · Hitler in Mein Kampf wrote that Germany's Lebensraum (living space) was going to be in Eastern Europe: And so, we National Socialists consciously draw a line beneath the foreign policy tendency of our pre–War period.
Sep 18, 1998 · Germany - Nazi, Holocaust, WW2: When Hitler finally became chancellor, on January 30, 1933, it was not on the crest of a wave of popular support but as the result of backroom political intrigue by Schleicher, Papen, and the president’s son, Oskar von Hindenburg. Only Hitler, they believed, could bring together a coalition with Hugenberg’s ...
