What policies did Nazi Germany pursue, and how did they lead to World War II?

TTHE MOST FRIGHTENING DICTATORSHIP developed in Nazi Germany. Under Hitler, the Nazi dictatorship smashed or took over most independent organizations, established firm control over the German state and society, and violently persecuted the Jewish population and non-German peoples. Truly totalitarian in aspiration, the dynamism of Nazi Germany, based on racial aggression and territorial expansion, led to history’s most destructive war.

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Mothers in the FatherlandNazi ideologues promoted strictly defined gender roles for men and women, and the Nazi state implemented a variety of social programs to encourage “racially correct” women to stay home and raise “Aryan” children. This colorful poster portrays the joy of motherhood and calls for donations to the Mother and Child division of the National Socialist People’s Welfare office. (akg-images)