We National Socialists must hold unflinchingly to our aim in foreign policy, namely, to secure for the German people the land and soil to which they are entitled on this earth. And this action is the only one which, before God and our German posterity, would make any sacrifice of blood seem justified . . .

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And I must sharply attack those folkish pen-pushers who claim to regard such an acquisition of soil as a 'breach of sacred human rights' and attack it as such in their scribblings. One never knows who stands behind these fellows. But one thing is certain, that the confusion they can create is desirable and convenient to our national enemies. By such an attitude they help to weaken and destroy from within our people's will for the only correct way of defending their vital needs. . . . Just as Germany's frontiers are fortuitous frontiers, momentary frontiers in the current political struggle of any period, so are the boundaries of other nations' living space.

But we National Socialists must go further. The right to possess soil can become a duty if without extension of its soil a great nation seems doomed to destruction. Germany will either be a world power or there will be no Germany. And for world power she needs that magnitude which will give her the position she needs in the present period, and life to her citizens.

:Historical Context: What was happening during this time in history that explains this source? in 3 sentences

Answer 1

This source was written during the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Germany in the 1930s. At this time, Germany was recovering from the economic hardships of the Great Depression and was seeking to regain its status as a major world power. Hitler and the National Socialists promoted an aggressive foreign policy that aimed to expand Germany's territory and secure its dominance on the world stage.