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This is probably the first time and this is the first country in which people are being taught to realize that, of all the tasks which we have to face, the noblest and most sacred for mankind is that each racial species must preserve the purity of the blood which God has given it. : The greatest revolution which National Socialism has brought about is that it has rent asunder the veil which hid from us the knowledge that all human failures and mistakes are due to the conditions of the time and therefore can be remedied, but that there is one error which cannot be remedied once men have made it, namely the failure to recognize the importance of conserving the blood and the race free from intermixture and thereby the racial aspect and character which are God's gift and God's handiwork. It is not for men to discuss the question of why Providence created different races, but rather to recognize the fact that it punishes those who disregard its work of creation. : As I look back on the great work that has been done during the past four years you will understand quite well that my first feeling is simply one of thankfulness to our Almighty God for having allowed me to bring this work to success. He has blessed our labors and has enabled our people to come through all the obstacles which encompassed them on their way. : Today I must humbly thank Providence, whose grace has enabled me, who was once an unknown soldier in the War, to bring to a successful issue the struggle for the restoration of our honor and rights as a nation.

Adolf Hitler#50

IdeologyDutyRacismBiologyPuritySacred

About this quote

What does it mean?
The speaker argues that preserving racial purity is a sacred duty and the only error that cannot be remedied.
In plain terms
Keeping the race pure is a divine duty and a vital goal.
What can you take from it?
Racial ideology is framed as a sacred biological imperative.

Where it applies

  • totalitarian regimes
  • eugenics movements
  • racial legislation

Putting it to work

  • studying eugenics history
  • examining racial laws
  • analyzing biological determinism

Questions to consider

  • How do biological myths justify harm?
  • What is the danger of racial purity?

Another view

This ideology ignores scientific evidence on genetic diversity and human equality.

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