The Myth of the Twentieth Century
1930 book by Alfred Rosenberg about Nazi ideology
The Myth of the Twentieth Century
The Myth of the Twentieth Century: An Evaluation of the Spiritual-Intellectual Confrontations of Our Age (German: Der Mythus des 20. Jahrhunderts: Eine Wertung der seelisch-geistigen Gestaltenkämpfe unserer Zeit) is an influential pseudo-scientific and pseudo-historical book by Alfred Rosenberg, a Nazi theorist who was one of the principal ideologues of the Nazi Party and editor of the party newspaper, Völkischer Beobachter. In the book, Rosenberg contends that the Aryan race is the originator of ancient civilizations which later declined and fell due to inter-marriage with "lesser races". Holding what he considers Aryan civilizations to be the pinnacle of humanity, he blames Jewish influences for moral and social degradation, and holds that the State must ensure that "higher" races must rule over the "lower" races and not interbreed with them. Published in 1930, the book sold more than one million copies by 1944 thanks to Nazi support. Hitler awarded a State Prize for Art and Science to...
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