Difference Between Fuehrer And Volksgemeinschaft
The "Fuehrer" (leader) and the "Volksgemeinschaft" (national community) were the central lies created by Hitler and the Third Reich. In Hitler's world view the Germans were a genetic group of people unified through the "Bluterbe", the common bloodlines of their forefathers. In order to achieve this inner unity - politically as well as socially - class distinctions, social rank, and group interests were to be shed and the rights of the individual, secondary to the interests of the community and nation. The Volksgemeinschaft philosophy was based on the so called "revolutionary and modern" racial doctrine. These ideas were that the Germans were the leading people of the "Aryan race", to be esteemed as the most superior race on earth. Hitler considered
the Volksgemeinschaft to be a community with a common history and destiny. Only those who belonged to it were to have a share in social and economic progress. Those who could not satisfy the racial, political criteria were expelled, segregated, or murdered. Aldus Huxley stated before WWI, “Propaganda gives force and direction to the successive movements of popular feeling and desire; but it does not do much to create these movements. The propagandist is a man who canalizes an already existing stream. In a land where there is no water, he digs in vain.” (Welch, 2004)
the Volksgemeinschaft to be a community with a common history and destiny. Only those who belonged to it were to have a share in social and economic progress. Those who could not satisfy the racial, political criteria were expelled, segregated, or murdered. Aldus Huxley stated before WWI, “Propaganda gives force and direction to the successive movements of popular feeling and desire; but it does not do much to create these movements. The propagandist is a man who canalizes an already existing stream. In a land where there is no water, he digs in vain.” (Welch, 2004)