LebensraumPolicy
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LebensraumPolicy refers to Nazi Germany’s expansionist doctrine that sought territorial conquest in Eastern Europe to provide “living space” for Germans, underpinning brutal occupation, ethnic cleansing, and mass atrocities during World War II.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lebensraum doctrine | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nazi policy
ⓘ
expansionist doctrine ⓘ geopolitical ideology ⓘ |
| appliedInRegion |
Baltic states
ⓘ
Belarus ⓘ Eastern Europe ⓘ Poland ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ Ukraine ⓘ |
| associatedWithOrganization |
Nazi Party
ⓘ
SS ⓘ Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| consequence |
ethnic cleansing
ⓘ
forced displacement of millions ⓘ genocide ⓘ mass atrocities ⓘ widespread famine and exploitation ⓘ |
| coreGoal |
German territorial conquest
ⓘ
acquisition of living space for Germans ⓘ territorial expansion in Eastern Europe ⓘ |
| formulatedIn | Mein Kampf ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Lebensraum policy
ⓘ
living space policy ⓘ policy of Lebensraum ⓘ |
| historicalAssessment |
central component of Nazi aggression
ⓘ
crime against humanity ⓘ |
| ideologicallyBasedOn | Lebensraum concept ⓘ |
| implementedThrough |
colonization by ethnic Germans
ⓘ
ethnic cleansing ⓘ forced population transfers ⓘ mass murder ⓘ military invasion ⓘ occupation regimes ⓘ |
| justifiedBy |
German racial superiority doctrine
ⓘ
racist ideology ⓘ social Darwinism ⓘ völkisch nationalism ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
GeneralplanOstPolicies
ⓘ
surface form:
Generalplan Ost
Germanization policies ⓘ Holocaust ⓘ Nazi war of annihilation in the East ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Allies of World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
Allied powers
|
| promotedBy |
Adolf Hitler
ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| startTime | 1933 ⓘ |
| targets |
Jewish populations
ⓘ
Sinti ⓘ
surface form:
Roma and Sinti
Slavic populations ⓘ other non-German ethnic groups ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
World War II
ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Lebensraum doctrine