The 25 Point Program of the Nazi Party
This was written as the political platform of the Nazis.
The Program of the German Workers' Party is designed to be of limited duration. The leaders have no intention, once the aims announced in it have been achieved, of establishing fresh ones, merely in order to increase, artificially, the discontent of the masses and so ensure the continued existence of the Party.
1. We demand the union of all Germany in a Greater Germany on the basis of the right of national self-determination.
2. We demand equality of rights for the German people in its dealings with other nations, and the revocation of the peace treaties of Versailles and Saint-Germain.
3. We demand land and territory (colonies) to feed our people and to settle our surplus population.
4. Only members of the nation may be citizens of the State. Only those of German blood, whatever be their creed, may be members of the nation. Accordingly, no Jew may be a member of the nation.
5. Non-citizens may live in Germany only as guests and must be subject to laws for aliens.
6. The right to vote on the State's government and legislation shall be enjoyed by the citizens of the State alone. We demand therefore that all official appointments, of whatever kind, whether in the Reich, in the states or in the smaller localities, shall be held by none but citizens.
We oppose the corrupting parliamentary custom of filling posts merely in accordance with party considerations, and without reference to character or abilities.
7. We demand that the State shall make it its primary duty to provide a livelihood for its citizens. If it should prove impossible to feed the entire population, foreign nationals (non-citizens) must be deported from the Reich.
8. All non-German immigration must be prevented. We demand that all non-Germans who entered Germany after 2 August 1914 shall be required to leave the Reich forthwith.
9. All citizens shall have equal rights and duties.
10. It must be the first duty of every citizen to perform physical or mental work. The activities of the individual must not clash with the general interest, but must proceed within the framework of the community and be for the general good.
We demand therefore:
11. The abolition of incomes unearned by work.
The breaking of the slavery of interest
12. In view of the enormous sacrifices of life and property demanded of a nation by any war, personal enrichment from war must be regarded as a crime against the nation. We demand therefore the ruthless confiscation of all war profits.
13. We demand the nationalization of all businesses which have been formed into corporations (trusts).
14. We demand profit-sharing in large industrial enterprises.
15. We demand the extensive development of insurance for old age.
16. We demand the creation and maintenance of a healthy middle class, the immediate communalizing of big department stores, and their lease at a cheap rate to small traders, and that the utmost consideration shall be shown to all small traders in the placing of State and municiple orders.
17. We demand a land reform suitable to our national requirements, the passing of a law for the expropriation of land for communal purposes without compensation; the abolition of ground rent, and the prohibition of all speculation in land. *
18. We demand the ruthless prosecution of those whose activities are injurious to the common interest. Common criminals, usurers, profiteers, etc., must be punished with death, whatever their creed or race.
19. We demand that Roman Law, which serves a materialistic world order, be replaced by a German common law.
20. The State must consider a thorough reconstruction of our national system of education (with the aim of opening up to every able and hard-working German the possibility of higher education and of thus obtaining advancement). The curricula of all educational establishments must be brought into line with the requirements of practical life. The aim of the school must be to give the pupil, beginning with the first sign of intelligence, a grasp of the nation of the State (through the study of civic affairs). We demand the education of gifted children of poor parents, whatever their class or occupation, at the expense of the State.
21. The State must ensure that the nation's health standards are raised by protecting mothers and infants, by prohibiting child labor, by promoting physical strength through legislation providing for compulsory gymnastics and sports, and by the extensive support of clubs engaged in the physical training of youth.
22. We demand the abolition of the mercenary army and the foundation of a people's army.
23. We demand legal warfare on deliberate political mendacity and its dissemination in the press. To facilitate the creation of a German national press we demand:
(a) that all editors of, and contributors to newspapers appearing in the German language must be members of the nation;
(b) that no non-German newspapers may appear without the express permission of the State. They must not be printed in the German language;
(c) that non-Germans shall be prohibited by law from participating financially in or influencing German newspapers, and that the penalty for contravening such a law shall be the suppression of any such newspaper, and the immediate deportation of the non-Germans involved.
The publishing of papers which are not conducive to the national welfare must be forbidden. We demand the legal prosecution of all those tendencies in art and literature which corrupt our national life, and the suppression of cultural events which violate this demand.
24. We demand freedom for all religious denominations in the State, provided they do not threaten its existence not offend the moral feelings of the German race.
The Party, as such, stands for positive Christianity, but does not commit itself to any particular denomination. It combats the Jewish-materialistic spirit within and without us, and is convinced that our nation can achieve permanent health only from within on the basis of the principle: The common interest before self-interest.
25. To put the whole of this program into effect, we demand the creation of a strong central state power for the Reich; the unconditional authority of the political central Parliament over the entire Reich and its organizations; and the formation of Corporations based on estate and occupation for the purpose of carrying out the general legislation passed by the Reich in the various German states.
1. Which point did you find most unjust? Explain
2. Which point were you most surprised by? Explain
i found the most unjust was to put the whole of this program into effect, we demand the creation of a strong central state power for the Reich; the unconditional authority of the political central Parliament over the entire Reich and its organizations; and the formation of Corporations based on estate and occupation for the purpose of carrying out the general legislation passed by the Reich in the various German states.
ReplyDeletei was surprised by the 0. The State must consider a thorough reconstruction of our national system of education (with the aim of opening up to every able and hard-working German the possibility of higher education and of thus obtaining advancement). The curricula of all educational establishments must be brought into line with the requirements of practical life. The aim of the school must be to give the pupil, beginning with the first sign of intelligence, a grasp of the nation of the State (through the study of civic affairs). We demand the education of gifted children of poor parents, whatever their class or occupation, at the expense of the State.
M.I
1. The most unfair part is it demands land and colonies to feed and to settle German population. In my opinion, this can't be the reason to be imperialism. A country can definitely feed by their own, to occupy a land as its colony is just a excuse to plunder and the residents of the colony, they don't have responsibility to feed other country's people. Also, the word "surplus" is not suitable.
ReplyDelete2. I was surprised by this program gives so many benefits to the German people, in my mind Nazi party is a cruel and ruthless party, it may just care about the politic and don't care about their own citizens, but this program changes my mind. In fact, every German can have a wonderful life by this program
----Z.W
P.K. Period 8
ReplyDelete1. Which point did you find most unjust? Explain
I found the whole 25 Point Program of the Nazi part very biased and unfair. The Germans were very strict on who can stay as citizens. Point 4 states that only members of the nation or have German-Blood can be citizens of the nation. They did not let anyone without German-blood or any Jews be allowed to be a citizen. Point 5 states that Non-citizens can only live as guests.
2. Which point were you most surprised by? Explain
Germans discriminated against non citizens like the Jews and always made them the last priority. Their citizens were the most important. Point 7 surprised be because it states that If there is any time that they run out on food the non citizens will be deported. They didn't even let people stay in Germany from other nations. Everyone who immigrated to Germany who were non citizens were required to leave.
The 25 Point Program of the Nazi party was created as the political platform for the Nazis. The point that I found most in just was rule number seven. It stated that “We demand that the State shall make it its primary duty to provide a livelihood for its citizens. If it should prove impossible to feed the entire population, foreign nationals (non- citizens) must be deported from the Reich.” This policy is unjust because though they are trying to limit the number of people to feed, this can cause separation of families, increase in poverty, hunger, and death.
ReplyDeleteThe rule that was most surprising was rule number 24. The rule stated that “We demand freedom for all religious denominations in the State, provided they do not threaten its existence not offend the moral feelings of the German race.” This law is contradicting because they are saying it is allowed to practice freedom of relgion, as long as it does not offend the Germans. This means no religion would be tolerated except those of the German race.
-A.S
1. The point I found most unjust was rule 23. Non-Germans were not allowed many rights residing in Germany, but ridding of their freedom of speech was more unfair. To write German, you 'had' to be German, to take on the newspaper business, you had to be German, and to be even involved with publication was prohibited. This was to make sure nothing wrong would be said about the Nazi party, but to go against non-Germans over these suspicions was still illogical.
ReplyDelete2. The point I was most surprised by was rule 24, which allowed the freedom for all religious denominations in the state, but the Jewish religion, Judaism. Religion, especially amongst Jews is an important aspect of their lives. Making it illegal and saying it's a risk of Germans health is highly unjust and overall racist in its entirety. Allowing Germans practice their religion, but not other's is also hypocritical, and gives them less rights as a resident of Germany.
H.Y.
1. The point I find most unjust is point 4, “Only members of the nation may be citizens of the State. Only those of German blood, whatever be their creed, may be members of the nation. Accordingly, no Jew may be a member of the nation.” This is unfair because the land is also the home of Jews and not only Germans. All Jews have rights and should be able to have a voice in the decisions their country will make.
ReplyDelete2. The part I was most surprised by is point 21, “The State must ensure that the nation's health standards are raised by protecting mothers and infants, by prohibiting child labor, by promoting physical strength through legislation providing for compulsory gymnastics and sports, and by the extensive support of clubs engaged in the physical training of youth.” The state is making an effort to keep mothers and children safe and healthy. This is a benefit for these people because mothers can assure that they, along with their children, can be safe from being sick or ill. The state is also encouraging the children to be physically active. Instead of enforcing child labor they promote sports and clubs for the youth to engage in and grow from there.
S.L.
I think that there are many unfair points. However, point number eight stands out to me. It is not fair that those who already immigrated to Germany must move away. It takes a lot of money to move, and it is extremely troublesome. There needs to be a new location to move to, enough money in order to move, etc.
ReplyDeleteI was surprised by the fact that children were going to receive education. The State would pay for education too. I didn’t realize that there was enough money for that to happen. Education costs money as well. The fact that Germany was going to offer something so beneficial to kids was surprising for me.
e.l.
What I find that is most unjust is the 4th demand " Only members of the nation may be citizens of the State...no Jew may be a member of the nation." Everyone should be able to be a citizen of German. No one should be treated unfairly. Even though they did no't like Jews doesn't mean they can treat hem unfairly. Maybe not all the Jews are the same.
ReplyDeleteWhat I found that is most surprised by is the demand on 21 " The State must ensure that the nation's health standards ... promoting physical strength through legislation providing for compulsory gymnastics and sports ... engaged in the physical training of youth. It is a good thing that the want to improve peoples health but making it into a law for people to do sport is just ridiculous. Sports should be something to do when ever you want to and it should be for fun.
-SC
1. The point of this program that I found the most unjust is point #5. " Non-citizens may live in Germany only as guests and must be subject to laws for aliens." I find this the most unfair because they are practically saying that if you aren't a citizen then they don't care about you. In the point above it , #4, it says that "Only members of the nation may be citizens of the State. Only those of German blood, whatever be their creed, may be members of the nation. Accordingly, no Jew may be a member of the nation." So this means that if you aren't born as a German , then you can't be citizen which isn't fair. Lets say you have a brother that's German but a sister that's not German. You too would want to stay united but the sister doesn't have the same rights as the brother which would make it difficult to live united.
ReplyDelete2. The point I was most surprised by point # 21. "The State must ensure that the nation's health standards are raised by protecting mothers and infants, by prohibiting child labor, by promoting physical strength through legislation providing for compulsory gymnastics and sports, and by the extensive support of clubs engaged in the physical training of youth." I'm surprised by this point because from what I learned , it seems as if Germans were cruel and didn't care about much except winning wars and conquering colonies. I knew they would want the child safe so they would grow up to be in the Nazi, but I didn't think they would want the mothers to be cared for too. I didn't think this because they could easily just wait for the child to be born then not care for the mother.
D.L
1. I found point 4 unjust and very irrational. It states that "only members of the nation may be citizens of the State. Only those of German blood, whatever be their creed, may be members of the nation. Accordingly, no Jew may be a member of the nation." This is irrational because there will always be diversity/different races in a place. For instance, the United States. Unlike what point 4 states, in the U.S, it flourishes with different races of people. You cannot just get rid of a race because they aren't of the blood. In addition, it is unjust to base people of their race, therefore, I found point 4 unjust.
ReplyDelete2. I found point 16 surprising. It stated that "we demand the creation and maintenance of a healthy middle class, the immediate communalizing of big department stores, and their lease at a cheap rate to small traders, and that the utmost consideration shall be shown to all small traders in the placing of State and municiple orders." When it stated that they demanded the maintenence of a healthy middle class, I was surprisied because I thought they had a different mindset on the middle class. From history, we all know that the middle class/lower classes usually suffer the most, like in France. However, based on this point, it actually seemed as if the Party had wanted the middle class to expand healthily and to be treated correctly. Therefore, I was surprised at this point they had made.
-J.L
The point that I found to be most unjust was Point #4. The reason for that is because it denied citizenship to all Jews and only gave citizenship to countrymen or men of German blood. This then made them have to leave the Reich because of Point #8. This meant that all the Jews had to abandon all their possessions and leave their homeland. This is what made Point #4 the most unjust point.
ReplyDeleteThe point I was most surprised by was Point #10. The reason for that is because it leads to several points. I was so surprised because they demanded so many things from the people. These things included the consfication of all war profits, and profit sharing in large industries. The most surprising thing that followed Point #10 was Point #18 which stated that all traitors, profiteers, etc., are to be punished with death with no trail at all.
-S.Li
The point that I feel is most unjust is number 10 which states, “It must be the first duty of every citizen to perform physical or mental work. The activities of the individual must not clash with the general interest, but must proceed within the framework of the community and be for the general good.” This is because this line from the political platform shows how each and every citizen living in Germany would have to do an activity whether they liked to or not which would defeat the purpose of doing anything they wanted to.
ReplyDeleteOne of the points in the political platform that I find very surprising is number 5 which states “Non-citizens may live in Germany only as guests and must be subject to laws for aliens.” This was found to be very surprising to me because of the fact that the people that came to their country as visitors were known to the people as aliens. And the fact that these visitors were not allowed to stay after their visit and must leave eventually.
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1. Which point did you find most unjust? Explain
ReplyDeleteThe point I find most unjust is point ten. Point ten explains that, "10. It must be the first duty of every citizen to perform physical or mental work. The activities of the individual must not clash with the general interest, but must proceed within the framework of the community and be for the general good." I Believe it is the most unjust because it indicates that every citizen must perform physical or mental work. It is unfair because many people may have disabilities and cannot perform these specific tasks. As a result, for not performing these specific tasks they may be punish punished for something they simply they cannot do.
2. Which point were you most surprised by? Explain
The point I was most surprised by was nine. It indicates, "9. All citizens shall have equal rights and duties." In my opinion , this was a very just point and I approve of it. Every citizen should have equal rights no matter what. However , it does not conform with point ten since every citizen must out effort , which may mean the disabled or ill people, and that is not being equal.
-M.L. PD 9 2/16/14
I found point 4 most unjust because i don't think that only members of the nation may be citizens of the state. I think anyone is allowed to be citizens of a certain place because they have the right and the freedom to. Also, i don't believe that only those of German blood, whatever be their creed, may be members of the nation because that is kind of unfair to everyone else. In my opinion, i would take it as racism against others that aren't German blood. For example, "Accordingly, no Jew may be a member of the nation" , that states that anyone that isn't Jew can become a member of the nation. So, that excludes all Jew for becoming a member. I think that is very unjust.
ReplyDeleteThe point that i was most surprised by was point 18, "We demand the ruthless prosecution of those whose activities are injurious to the common interest. Common criminals, usurers, profiteers, etc., must be punished with death, whatever their creed or race." I find this surprising because some would think that no matter what crime you've committed, you would be treated correctly and have the rights you as a citizen deserve. However, this point states that no matter what race or ethnicity you are, you will have a ruthless prosecution according to the crime you have committed.
K.T.