Differences And Similarities Between The Nazi Ideological Ideas

This expresses the idea of racial mixing within a metaphor about dogs. In other words, mixing dog breeds is the same as mixing bloodlines; bloodlines should remain “pure” as those who are of mixed races are inferior and lesser. With all this being said, there are racial and eugenic ideas that contemporary extremist groups such as the neo-Nazis continue to address today despite their beginnings in “traditional” Nazi ideology. Despite the similarities in the ideas of race, there are also similarities between the language used in contemporary extremist groups and the Nazi language used during the Third Reich. These similarities in language come from the ideas of the community and those of the Jews. One will be able to see verbal connections

The crime of the Holocaust committed by the Nazis during WWII is one of these differences. Christian Picciolini points out that he did not learn a lot about WWII history in school, so when he was told that the Holocaust was a lie and “fake news,” he believed it at the time. This suggests that Holocaust denial or negation has become a fundamental idea for some contemporary extremist groups. Peter Merkl supports this idea when he writes:

In the context of White Resistance, the question of National Socialism (Nazism) and especially of the Holocaust plays a crucial role. White Resistance groups tend to have strong links to Holocaust negationist circles: groups and individuals who either insist that the planned extermination of vast numbers of human beings never happened at all (or, at any rate, not in gas chambers), or who deny that there was a concerted Nazi policy to annihilate the Jews and other groups the Nazis considered lbensunwert (unworthy of life) – or, at the least, that if it occurred it happened unbeknownst to Hitler

Lee expresses “Ironically, their [neo-fascist] movements success hinged to a great extent on their ability to distance themselves from the historical image of fascism. This reveals that many contemporary extremist groups try to avoid being associated with historic fascist ideology. These groups still hold some fascist ideas, yet they attempt to develop their own image. Ingo Hasselbach recounts, “My hatred of ‘anti-fascism’ grew in prison [Rummelsburg], where the German ‘anti-fascist’ state carried on with the methods and trappings of the German Fascist state. Even though Hasselbach expresses he had some sentiments toward fascism, he does not express these were toward “traditional” fascist ideas. He held fascist ideas, yet he desired to establish his own image and connections with his ideas. With all this being said, some contemporary extremists hold fascist ideas, yet they do not address wanting to be associated with “traditional”