Aims of the Nazi State in WWII

Aims of the Nazi state: A government strong enough to overturn the Treaty of Versailles. A strong army to make Germany once again the great military power. A strong thriving economy to restore the prosperity of the German people after the helplessness of the Great Depression. Needed a forceful and decisive leader. To beat France in a war, if necessary. To make German industries as powerful as they were before WW1. To create a racially pure Germany, who would be a part of the Volk (“the people’s community”) - they would see their own lives as less important that their contribution to Germany itself.
Methods of terror and control: Rid of people with undesirable qualities. Organisations like churches, political parties, swimming clubs, choirs, anything which would divert the people’s attention from the Volk would be dissolved or taken over by the Nazis. Everyday conversation between friends should be controlled because the Nazis wanted to ensure ideas opposed to Nazism were banished.
Persecution of Minorities The Nazis wanted to get rid of racial minorities such as the Jews, by removing them from positions of power, hounding them out of the country or isolating them from pure Aryans (Hitler believed that the so-called Aryan people- blond, blue-eyed Germans- were superior to other races.
Treatment of Women The highest duty of a German woman was to have as many racially pure children as possible. They should be prevented from marrying men of other races. The Nazis didn’t want women to work for a living. Women should be responsible for the “Kitchen, Children, and the Church” Women with duty any greater than that were frowned upon and in some cases, they were removed from their position of power, such as factory workers.