Hitler and the Nazi Darwinian Worldview: How the Nazi Eugenic Crusade for a Superior Race Caused the Greatest Holocaust in World History PDF
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HITLER AND THE NAZI DARWINIAN WORLDVIEW 2 Hitler and the Nazi Darwinian Worldview is a powerful reminder of the central role Darwin’s ideas played in opening the way for the depraved minds of Hitler and his henchmen to conceive and carry out some of the most shocking crimes in world history. Well documented in the writings of the participants themselves as well as in the accounts of both American and German historians, this book is a sobering study of the evil fruits of a false belief. STEVEN E. WOODWORTH, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas A challenging read! Before delving into this book readers should brace themselves for encountering a blistering attack against Adolf Hitler’s mid-twentieth- century German quest to produce a “superior race.” This philosophy culminated in the so-called Final Solution, the extermination of approximately 6 million Jews and over 5 million other people who belonged to what German scientists judged were “inferior races,” including blacks, Slavic peoples, especially Poles and 3 Russians and Ukrainians, Gypsies and some Asiatic races—essentially all peoples in the world except Aryans (Western Europeans). The Nazis also killed the disabled and were anti-Church fanatics. Bergman’s new book contains an extensive bibliographic collection of writers who have recognized that the German conquest had its foundational doctrines solidly based upon Darwinian evolutionary thinking. WAYNE FRAIR, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Biology, The King’s College, New York If you think that there was only a superficial connection between evolution and Nazism, be astonished at the facts when reading this book. Learn how evolutionary theory animated so many aspects of Nazi ideology. Realize why Hitler’s “Christianity” was purely tactical in nature and why evolutionary theory played a major role in driving erstwhile devout Christians into hardened Nazis. JAN PECZKIS, M.A., Author, teacher and lecturer Professor Jerry Bergman’s book is certainly much needed, and I am in total agreement with his overall theme. I found the book interesting and engrossing, especially the second part. I heartily recommend it. EMERSON THOMAS McMULLEN, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of History, Georgia Southern 4 University, Statesboro, Georgia If you want to be informed about the details of what happened to cause World War II, and we all should, Jerry Bergman’s latest exposé is required reading. Long before I got to the end of the book, it was obvious that Charles Darwin’s ideas were deeply embedded in the minds of Adolf Hitler and his henchmen. While Darwin certainly wasn’t the only culprit, one has to wonder how much less horrific things might have been without Darwinism. MILT MARCY, author and lecturer A reasonable attempt to help a popular audience understand the Darwinian influences on leading Nazi officials. RICHARD WIEKART, Ph.D., Professor of History, California State University, Stanislaus 5 6 www.joshuapress.com Published by Joshua Press Inc., Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Distributed by Sola Scriptura Ministries International www.sola-scriptura.ca First published 2012 © 2012 Jerry Bergman. All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, without written permission from the publishers. Cover and book design by Janice Van Eck The publication of this book was made possible by the generous support of The Ross-Shire Foundation Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Bergman, Jerry, 1946– Hitler and the Nazi Darwinian worldview : how the Nazi 7 eugenic crusade for a superior race caused the greatest holocaust in world history / Jerry Bergman. Includes bibliographical references. Electronic monograph issued in various formats. Also issued in print format. ISBN 978-1-894400-50-3 (ePub). 1. Social Darwinism—Germany—History—20th century. 2. Darwin, Charles, 1809–1882—Influence. 3. Eugenics— Germany—History—20th century. 4. Racism—Germany— History—20th century. 5. Holocaust, Jewish (1939–1945). 6. Hitler, Adolf, 1889–1945— Philosophy. 7. Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945—Political and social views. 8. National socialism—Philosophy. 9. Nazis—Germany—Biography. I. Title. DD256.6.B47 2012 943.086 C2012- 906172-7 8 To my wife Dianne, the love of my life, and our children, Aeron, Christine, Scott and Mishalea, and our grandchildren, Kearstin, Bryn, Bryson, Sienna, Owen, Abigail, Mackenzie, Mia and Josie. 9 Contents Foreword by Dr. Carl Wieland Preface by Dr. David Herbert Acknowledgements 00 Introduction 01 The Holocaust: Government-sponsored mass murder inspired by social Darwinism 02 Adolf Hitler: A doctrinaire Darwinist 03 Was Adolf Hitler a Christian? 04 Darwinism, Nazi race policies and the Holocaust 05 Hitler’s leading Darwinian scientists 06 Hitler’s academics and doctors 07 Dr. Josef Mengele: Darwin’s angel of death 08 Martin Bormann: Hitler’s right-hand man 09 Heinrich Himmler: Darwinist and mass murderer 10 Dr. Joseph Goebbels: Darwinist father of the Holocaust 11 Hermann Göring comes under the influence of Hitler and Darwinism 12 Reinhard Heydrich: Fervent anti-Christian and Holocaust mastermind 10
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