Nazi Imprint by Alfred Rosenberg from 1939 - Racialized 20th Century History
Nazi printed book, 1st edition, "The Myth of the Twentieth Century," in German, by Alfred Rosenberg, 1939, 714pp octavo. Tight and clean. The Myth of the Twentieth Century is a 1930 book by Alfred Rosenberg, one of the chief theorists of the Nazi movement. Intended as a philosophical and racial explanation of history, the work argued that civilization was shaped by the struggle of races and that the so-called Nordic or Aryan race was the primary source of Europe's cultural achievements. Rosenberg attacked Judaism, liberalism, democracy, and traditional Christianity, claiming that these forces weakened racial purity and national strength. The book promoted a racialized interpretation of history and culture that became part of the ideological foundation of National Socialism. Although it was widely distributed in Nazi Germany and second only to Mein Kampf in symbolic importance among Nazi texts, many readers-including some Nazi officials-found it obscure and difficult to understand. Historians today view it as a pseudoscientific work that helped justify Nazi racism, antisemitism, and ultimately the policies of persecution and genocide carried out by the regime.
[ translate ]Nazi printed book, 1st edition, "The Myth of the Twentieth Century," in German, by Alfred Rosenberg, 1939, 714pp octavo. Tight and clean. The Myth of the Twentieth Century is a 1930 book by Alfred Rosenberg, one of the chief theorists of the Nazi movement. Intended as a philosophical and racial explanation of history, the work argued that civilization was shaped by the struggle of races and that the so-called Nordic or Aryan race was the primary source of Europe's cultural achievements. Rosenberg attacked Judaism, liberalism, democracy, and traditional Christianity, claiming that these forces weakened racial purity and national strength. The book promoted a racialized interpretation of history and culture that became part of the ideological foundation of National Socialism. Although it was widely distributed in Nazi Germany and second only to Mein Kampf in symbolic importance among Nazi texts, many readers-including some Nazi officials-found it obscure and difficult to understand. Historians today view it as a pseudoscientific work that helped justify Nazi racism, antisemitism, and ultimately the policies of persecution and genocide carried out by the regime.
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