Racist legislation of Nazi Germany

- Racial laws of Nazi Germany The aim of this thesis was to provide an overview of racial laws which were in force during the reign of the national socialist regime in the Nazi Germany during the years 1933 - 1945. The first chapter aims to describe the philosophical and historical background of the racial laws of the Third Reich. The roots of the racial philosophy and scientific racism which can be traced back to the 19th century are described (teaching of Gobineau and Chamberlain), as is the actual philosophical approach to the questions of inequality of races as held by Adolf Hitler and his supporters (programme of NSDAP from 1920 and the writings of the leading Nazi ideologist Alfred Rosenberg). The following chapter focuses on the historical background which made the ascent to power by Nazis possible, which includes the overview of political and social situation in the Germany which was defeated in the First World War. Also, the basic provisions of the Weimar Constitution are described so that the change from the liberal so called Weimer Republic to the dictatorship of the Third Reich is illustrated. Besides the general background, I have also described the actual grasping of power by Nazis through adoption of decrees which in fact was made not by a revolution, but in a way which was fully in..