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Democracy and Nazism
Meaning of Volksgemeinschaft
Volksgemeinschaft was a term propagated by the Nazi regime meaning “people’s community” (Welch 213). The term was popular throughout the First World War and was used to mean the idea of breaking down the elitism in order to unify people from various class divides focused on achieving national goals and purpose. Thus, Volksgemeinschaft, as envisioned by Hitler, meant a racially unified and hierarchically organized body where people’s interests are entirely subordinate to those of Volk or nation (Wildt 1).
Purpose of Volksgemeinschaft
Volksgemeinschaft was used to articulate or envision a new German society that was against the class division, and traditional religion ideologies and rather focused on realizing a united German identity anchored upon the ideas of state leadership, struggle and race (Closmann 20). The other purpose was to create a ‘Volk’ people or nation from superior human races as derived from the concept of social Darwinism (Welch 214). By this, Nazis thought they were the master race since they considered pure Aryans.
Effect of Policies Enacted During Volksgemeinschaft
The Nazi established DAF led by law which not only replaces trade unions but also established a true social and productive community. This helped to improve employees’ wages, reduced dismissal and established a regular working time (Wildt 1). The DAF propagated the beauty of labor whose main focus was to appeal to the working class, this lead to the emergence of campaigns such as “fight against noise and violation in the workplace” this lead to a practical solution which benefits workers and young people (Welch 215).

Through NSDAP, the state enacted a law to protect the retails trade, which affected big businesses since they were banned from opening additional departmental stores. In return, small businesses and mittelstand benefited through preferential favors such as low-interest rates. The law allowed the retrieval confiscated Jewish property. Volk also established youth club for youth which was made compulsory in the year 1935, this removed Jews from their position of scientists and the youths were indoctrinated with Nazi ideas (Welch 230).
Through the policy of positive Christianity, churches were forced to integrate Nazis ideas into their teachings. Hitler also attempted to replace Christianity with Nazi faith (Welch 232). The NSDAP mandated that land should be used for the purpose of fulfilling the state interest. Through this program, the peasant and small farmers benefited from government resources such as machinery and farm inputs to enhance their productivity to meet the state objectives.
Success of Volksgemeinschaft
The Nazi succeed in creating the Volksgemeinschaft, however, they did not achieve the intended goals and purses. It is argued that the various strategies used by Nazis to enforce Volksgemeinschaft were effective since people were reporting suspicious enemies and behaviors (Welch 235). The implementation was largely effective but it came with dire backlash and consequences. This is because the Nazis lost control of the youths who later rebelled against Hitler. The effect was short lived and did not change the social community in Germany. For instance, there were minimal changes in birth rates.
Works Cited
Closmann, Charles E. “Legalizing a Volksgemeinschaft: Nazi Germany’s Reich Nature Protection Law of 1935.” How green were the Nazis (2005): 18-42.
Welch, David. “Nazi Propaganda And The Volksgemeinschaft: Constructing A People’S Community”. Journal Of Contemporary History, vol 39, no. 2, 2004, pp. 213-238. SAGE Publications, doi:10.1177/0022009404042129.
Wildt, Michael. “Fascism – Volksgemeinschaft”. Encyclopedia Britannica, 2018, https://www.britannica.com/topic/fascism/Volksgemeinschaft#ref742146. Accessed 5 Nov 2018.