25 points which
were adopted on February 24, 1920 at a party mass meeting in Munich.
(The 25-point program appears in the Appendix as document 12, _post_
p. 222.) The points of particular interest in this study are the first
four, which are set forth below:
1. We demand the union of all Germans to form a Great
Germany on the basis of the right of the self-determination
enjoyed by nations.
2. We demand equality of rights for the German People in its
dealings with other nations, and abolition of the Peace
Treaties of Versailles and St. Germain.
3. We demand land and territory (colonies) for the
nourishment of our people and for settling our superfluous
population.
4. None but members of the nation may be citizens of the
State. None but those of German blood, whatever their creed,
may be members of the nation. No Jew, therefore, may be a
member of the nation.[94]
_1. Internal Objectives_
A statement of the internal objectives of National Socialism is made
by Gauweiler in his _Legal Organization and Legal Functions of the
Movement_ (document 8, _post_ p. 204). The laws of the Reich must seek
to establish and promote the five basic values recognized by Nazi
ideology:
1. Race: The legal protection of the race, which has created
a new concept of nationality [_Volkszugehoerigkeit_], is
consciously put in first place, for the most significant
historical principle which has been established by the
victory of National Socialism is that of the necessity for
keeping race and blood pure. All human mistakes and errors
can be corrected except one: "the error regarding the
importance of maintaining the basic values of a nation."
The purpose of this legal protection of the basic value of
_race_ must be the prevention for all time of a further
mixture of German blood with foreign blood, as well as the
prevention of continued procreation of racially unworthy and
undesirable members of the people.
2. Soil [_Boden_]: The living-space and the basis for the
food supply of the German people are its territory and soil.
The farmer is the first and deepest representative of the
people since he nourishes the people from the fertility of
the earth and he maintains the nation through the fertility
of his own family. Here National Socialism had to accomplish
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