History of Sorts

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The Warning Signs of the Nazi Regime

Many people believe that the warning signs of the Nazi regime only became apparent in 1933, while others trace them back to Adolf Hitler’s publication of Mein Kampf. However, evidence shows that Hitler had been formulating his plans long before these milestones—years before the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP) was formed, and even before he joined the German Workers’ Party (DAP), the NSDAP’s predecessor.

The Formation of the NSDAP and the 25-Point Program

On February 24, 1920, the DAP was dissolved, and the NSDAP was officially established. On this day, Hitler and Anton Drexler, then leader of the NSDAP, presented their vision for Germany and what they referred to as the “Great German Reich.” This vision was outlined in a document titled “The Aims of the National Socialists”, also known as the “25-Point Program”.

Key Points of the 25-Point Program:

1. The unity of all German-speaking peoples into one greater Germany.
2. The destruction of the Treaty of Versailles.
3. Colonies and land to feed Germany’s population.
4. Only Germans can be citizens. No Jew can be a German.
5. People in Germany who are not citizens must obey special laws for foreigners.
6. Only German citizens can vote, be employed or hold public office.
7. Citizens are entitled to a job and a decent standard of living.
8. No immigration of non-German must be allowed. Anyone who has come to Germany since 1914 must be removed.
9. All citizens have equal rights
10. The duty of a citizen is find employment
11. All unemployment benefits should end.
12. All profits made during the war must be shared.
13. Nationalisation of public industries including electricity and gas.
14. Large companies must share their profits with the workers
15. Pensions must be improved
16. Help for small shops and businesses; large department stores must be closed down to support this.
17. Property reform to give small farmers land
18. Criminals and profiteers must be punished by death.
19. Reform of the law to make it more German.
20. Improve education so that all Germans can find employment
21. Improve people’s health by forcing people to do sport.
22. Abolition of the Army, and a new People’s Army in its place.
23. German newspapers must be free of foreign influence.
24. Freedom of religion.
25. Strong government with unrestricted authority over Germany.

Extended text

1. We demand the union of all Germans in a Great Germany on the basis of the principle of self-determination of all peoples.
2. We demand that the German people have rights equal to those of other nations; and that the Peace Treaties of Versailles and St. Germain shall be abrogated.
3. We demand land and territory (colonies) for the maintenance of our people and the settlement of our surplus population.
4. Only those who are our fellow countrymen can become citizens. Only those who have German blood, regardless of creed, can be our countrymen. Hence no Jew can be a countryman.
5. Those who are not citizens must live in Germany as foreigners and must be subject to the law of aliens.
6. The right to choose the government and determine the laws of the State shall belong only to citizens. We therefore demand that no public office, of whatever nature, whether in the central government, the province, or the municipality, shall be held by anyone who is not a citizen.

We wage war against the corrupt parliamentary administration whereby men are appointed to posts by favor of the party without regard to character and fitness.

7. We demand that the State shall above all undertake to ensure that every citizen shall have the possibility of living decently and earning a livelihood. If it should not be possible to feed the whole population, then aliens (non-citizens) must be expelled from the Reich.
8. Any further immigration of non-Germans must be prevented. We demand that all non-Germans who have entered Germany since August 2, 1914, shall be compelled to leave the Reich immediately.
9. All citizens must possess equal rights and duties.
10. The first duty of every citizen must be to work mentally or physically. No individual shall do any work that offends against the interest of the community to the benefit of all.

Therefore we demand:

11. That all unearned income, and all income that does not arise from work, be abolished.
12. Since every war imposes on the people fearful sacrifices in blood and treasure, all personal profit arising from the war must be regarded as treason to the people. We therefore demand the total confiscation of all war profits.
13. We demand the nationalization of all trusts.
14. We demand profit-sharing in large industries.
15. We demand a generous increase in old-age pensions.
16. We demand the creation and maintenance of a sound middle-class, the immediate communalization of large stores which will be rented cheaply to small tradespeople, and the strongest consideration must be given to ensure that small traders shall deliver the supplies needed by the State, the provinces and municipalities.
17. We demand an agrarian reform in accordance with our national requirements, and the enactment of a law to expropriate the owners without compensation of any land needed for the common purpose. The abolition of ground rents, and the prohibition of all speculation in land.
18. We demand that ruthless war be waged against those who work to the injury of the common welfare. Traitors, usurers, profiteers, etc., are to be punished with death, regardless of creed or race.
19. We demand that Roman law, which serves a materialist ordering of the world, be replaced by German common law.
20. In order to make it possible for every capable and industrious German to obtain higher education, and thus the opportunity to reach into positions of leadership, the State must assume the responsibility of organizing thoroughly the entire cultural system of the people. The curricula of all educational establishments shall be adapted to practical life. The conception of the State Idea (science of citizenship) must be taught in the schools from the very beginning. We demand that specially talented children of poor parents, whatever their station or occupation, be educated at the expense of the State.
21. The State has the duty to help raise the standard of national health by providing maternity welfare centers, by prohibiting juvenile labor, by increasing physical fitness through the introduction of compulsory games and gymnastics, and by the greatest possible encouragement of associations concerned with the physical education of the young.
22. We demand the abolition of the regular army and the creation of a national (folk) army.
23. We demand that there be a legal campaign against those who propagate deliberate political lies and disseminate them through the press. In order to make possible the creation of a German press, we demand:

(a) All editors and their assistants on newspapers published in the German language shall be German citizens.

(b) Non-German newspapers shall only be published with the express permission of the State. They must not be published in the German language.

(c) All financial interests in or in any way affecting German newspapers shall be forbidden to non-Germans by law, and we demand that the punishment for transgressing this law be the immediate suppression of the newspaper and the expulsion of the non-Germans from the Reich.

Newspapers transgressing against the common welfare shall be suppressed. We demand legal action against those tendencies in art and literature that have a disruptive influence upon the life of our folk, and that any organizations that offend against the foregoing demands shall be dissolved.

24. We demand freedom for all religious faiths in the state, insofar as they do not endanger its existence or offend the moral and ethical sense of the Germanic race.

The party as such represents the point of view of a positive Christianity without binding itself to any one particular confession. It fights against the Jewish materialist spirit within and without, and is convinced that a lasting recovery of our folk can only come about from within on the pinciple:

COMMON GOOD BEFORE INDIVIDUAL GOOD

25. In order to carry out this program we demand: the creation of a strong central authority in the State, the unconditional authority by the political central parliament of the whole State and all its organizations.

The formation of professional committees and of committees representing the several estates of the realm, to ensure that the laws promulgated by the central authority shall be carried out by the federal states.

The leaders of the party undertake to promote the execution of the foregoing points at all costs, if necessary at the sacrifice of their own lives.

Clarification on Point 17

In response to criticisms of Point 17, which addressed land expropriation, Hitler clarified on April 13, 1928, that the NSDAP supported private property. The term “gratuitous expropriation” applied only to land acquired through illegal means or managed contrary to national welfare, particularly targeting Jewish land-speculation companies.

Lessons from History

The 25-Point Program reveals the ideological foundations of the Nazi Party, many of which foreshadow the atrocities of their regime. It is a stark reminder of the importance of scrutinizing political agendas. When political parties publish their platforms, it is vital to read and analyze them critically—both the surface promises and the implications beneath.

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sources

25 Points of NSDAP: Hilter’s Plan To Weaken The Jews

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Socialist_Program

https://origin-rh.web.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/25points.asp

https://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/25points.htm

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z3bp82p/revision/2

https://www.annefrank.org/en/timeline/7/the-nsdap-party-programme/

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