History glossary
Lebensraum
the Nazi idea of acquiring 'living space' in Eastern Europe through conquest, settlement, and racial displacement.
- Category
- Nazi ideology
- Region
- Germany / Eastern Europe
- Date range
- 1920s-1940s
What it means
The Nazi idea of acquiring 'living space' in Eastern Europe through conquest, settlement, and racial displacement.
Stories using this term
Nazi Germany
From Weimar collapse to WWII, Nazi Germany imposed totalitarian rule, expansion, and genocide.
Operation Barbarossa
From Hitler's ideological war in the east to Soviet survival before Moscow, Barbarossa turned expected blitzkrieg into prolonged attritional catastrophe.
The Causes of the Second World War
From the flawed peace of 1919 to the invasion of Poland in 1939, this story traces the interlocking causes of the Second World War across two decades of crisis, ideology, and failed deterrence.
The Rise of Adolf Hitler
From the ashes of World War I to the Night of the Long Knives, this story traces the political rise of Adolf Hitler and the collapse of the Weimar Republic.
