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Anti-Semitism was common in imperial Germany, particularly amongst certain sections of the middle classes who felt threatened by rapid industrialization and social change. These groups rejected the capitalist order of the late nineteenth century and demanded the restoration of a mythical ''Volksgemeinschaft'', a folk community based on bonds of blood and culture where class conflict would be abolished and social harmony restored on the basis of race. | Anti-Semitism was common in imperial Germany, particularly amongst certain sections of the middle classes who felt threatened by rapid industrialization and social change. These groups rejected the capitalist order of the late nineteenth century and demanded the restoration of a mythical ''Volksgemeinschaft'', a folk community based on bonds of blood and culture where class conflict would be abolished and social harmony restored on the basis of race. | ||
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In this Darwinian system, the Germans were best fitted to succeed and rule. It was a philosophy that Bruno Heydrich inculcated in his children, prticularly his favorite, Reinhard, whose fair hair and blue eyes fitted the stereotype of the Nordic hero. | |||
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As Germany was humiliated by the peace of Versailles and shaken by social unrest, the bottom fell out of his world. | |||
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The rise of the working class threatened the social position of the family, while the inflation of the early post-war period destroyed its savings.... The experience of revolution and financial uncertainty directly influenced Reinhard Heydrich's choice of career... On 30 March 1922, at the age of eighteen, he reported for duty at the gates of Kiel naval dockyard as an officer cadet. | |||
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Funeral in Berlin
"To debate whether any action was of itself right appeared so stupid to him that it was certainly a question he never asked himself." His was "a cruel, brave and cold intelligence" and his life "an unbroken chain of murders".- Wilhelm Hoettl, member of the Nazi security service, on Reinhard Heydrich
These traits served Heydrich well in the jungle of Nazi Germany where the weakest went to the wall and political predators flourished.
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