It is eastwards, only and always eastwards, that the veins of our race must expand. It is the direction which Nature herself has decreed for the expansion of the German peoples. (7th February 1945)
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker claims expansion eastwards is natural for their race.
- In plain terms
- We must move east because nature says so.
- What can you take from it?
- Expansion is justified by alleged natural laws.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is expansion ever natural?
- How do leaders justify land grabs?
Another view
This reasoning relies on pseudoscientific ideas of racial destiny.
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