New Order (Nazism)

The New Order (German: Neuordnung) of Europe refers to a group of concepts for a political and social system that the regime of Nazi Germany wanted to impose on the areas of Europe that it conquered and occupied.

Planning for the Neuordnung had already begun long before the start of World War II, but Adolf Hitler proclaimed a "European New Order" publicly on 30 January 1941: "The year 1941 will be, I am convinced, the historical year of a great European New Order!"[1][non-primary source needed]

Among other things, the New Order envisaged the formation of a pan-German racial state, structured according to Nazi ideology, to ensure the existence of a perceived Aryan-Nordic master race, to consolidate a massive territorial expansion into Central and Eastern Europe through colonization by German settlers, to achieve the physical annihilation of Jews, Slavs (especially Poles and Russians), Roma ("gypsies"), and other people who were considered "unworthy of life", as well as to implement the extermination, expulsion or enslavement of most of the Slavic peoples and other people whom Nazi ideology considered "racially inferior".[2] Nazi Germany's aggressive desire for territorial expansion (Lebensraum) ranks as a major cause of World War II.[3]

Historians remain divided as to the ultimate New Order goals – some believe that the New Order was to be limited to Nazi German domination of Europe, while others see it as a springboard for eventual world conquest and the establishment of a world government under German control.[4]

  1. ^ Adolf Hitler speech at Berlin Sportpalast. [1]
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gumkowski was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Yoder, Fred Roy (1944). Introductory Sociology. State College of Washington. p. 248. Retrieved 12 August 2023. [...] expansion policies and practices of Germany in southeastern Europe and Japan in Asia were likewise a major cause of World War II.
  4. ^ Lee, Stephen J. (1987). The European Dictatorships, 1918–1945, p. 196. Cambridge University Press.

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