Lebensraum
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Lebensraum was a Nazi ideological concept advocating territorial expansion into Eastern Europe to secure "living space" for Germans through conquest, displacement, and genocide.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lebensraum policy | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nazi ideological concept
ⓘ
expansionist doctrine ⓘ political ideology ⓘ racist ideology ⓘ |
| advocatedBy |
Adolf Hitler
ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Holocaust
ⓘ
crimes against humanity ⓘ war crimes ⓘ |
| basedOn |
völkisch movement
ⓘ
surface form:
German nationalism
imperialism ⓘ racial hierarchy ⓘ social Darwinism ⓘ |
| centralTo |
Nazi foreign policy
ⓘ
Nazi war aims ⓘ |
| condemnedAs |
aggressive expansionism
ⓘ
genocidal ideology ⓘ |
| formulatedIn | 1920s ⓘ |
| goal |
acquisition of Eastern European territories
ⓘ
displacement of existing populations ⓘ ethnic cleansing ⓘ genocide of targeted groups ⓘ settlement of ethnic Germans in conquered lands ⓘ territorial expansion ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin | German ⓘ |
| historicalConsequence |
mass displacement of civilian populations
ⓘ
millions of deaths in Eastern Europe ⓘ |
| ideologicalComponentOf |
Nazism
ⓘ
surface form:
Hitlerism
Nazism ⓘ |
| implementedThrough |
GeneralplanOstPolicies
ⓘ
surface form:
Generalplan Ost
colonization by ethnic Germans ⓘ forced deportations ⓘ mass murder ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
German colonialism
ⓘ
Pan-Germanism ⓘ |
| justified |
Invasion of Poland
ⓘ
surface form:
German invasion of Poland
Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
surface form:
German invasion of the Soviet Union
occupation policies in Eastern Europe ⓘ |
| literalMeaning | living space ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Allied Powers of World War I
ⓘ
surface form:
Allied powers
|
| prominentlyArticulatedIn | Mein Kampf ⓘ |
| promotedBy | Nazi Party propaganda ⓘ |
| targetRegion |
Baltic states
ⓘ
Belarus ⓘ Eastern Europe ⓘ Poland ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ Ukraine ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
World War II
ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lebensraum policy