Questions about New Order (Nazism)
Short answers, pulled from the story.
What was the Nazi New Order and what did it aim to achieve?
The Nazi New Order, known in German as the Neuordnung, was a plan to impose a pan-German racial state across German-occupied Europe and beyond, structured to benefit the Aryan-Nordic master race. It called for the colonization of Central and Eastern Europe, the Holocaust against Jews and Romani people, and the extermination, expulsion, or enslavement of most Slavic peoples. Adolf Hitler first publicly proclaimed a "European New Order" in a speech on the 30th of January 1941.
When did Hitler first announce the European New Order?
Hitler first proclaimed a "European New Order" in a speech on the 30th of January 1941, though planning for the Neuordnung had begun before World War II started.
What was the Generalplan Ost and how did it relate to the New Order?
The Generalplan Ost was the Nazi plan for the racial reorganization of Eastern Europe, implemented following Operation Barbarossa, which began on the 22nd of June 1941. It mandated the enslavement, expulsion, and extermination of Baltic and Slavic peoples, with Alfred Rosenberg appointed as Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories and Heinrich Himmler tasked with carrying out the plan.
How many Volksdeutsche were resettled under the Nazi New Order program?
By the end of 1942, some 629,000 Volksdeutsche had been resettled in occupied territories, with preparations underway for an additional 393,000. Records from the 1st of June 1944 show that of roughly 1,009,113 people processed through the resettlement program, approximately 662,448 were placed in annexed eastern territories.
What were Nazi Germany's plans for France under the New Order?
Nazi Germany planned to turn France into a long-term vassal state. State Secretary Wilhelm Stuckart's June 1940 memorandum proposed annexing territories in eastern France historically part of the Holy Roman Empire. A separate "Burgundian Free State" reportedly discussed in 1943 would have encompassed regions from Picardy to Provence, governed by the SS under Léon Degrelle. Heinrich Himmler allegedly told his physician Felix Kersten that France would ultimately be reduced to a minor state known only as "Gaul."
What global territories outside Europe did the Nazi New Order plan to control?
Nazi plans extended to Africa, where Hitler intended to divide the continent into Italian, German, and pro-Nazi Afrikaner zones. In 1942, Germany and Japan secretly agreed to divide Asia along the Yenisey River, with Hitler signing the treaty on the 18th of January 1942. Germany also planned a colonial domain called New Swabia in Antarctica between 20°W and 20°E, with the primary goal of establishing whaling stations.