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Volk

German concept
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    …unit of mankind was the Volk (ā€œthe peopleā€), of which the German people was the greatest. Moreover, he believed that the state existed to serve the Volk—a mission that to him the Weimar German Republic betrayed. All morality and truth were judged by this criterion: whether it was in accordance…

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    …unit of mankind was the Volk (ā€œthe peopleā€), of which the German people was the greatest. Moreover, he believed that the state existed to serve the Volk—a mission that to him the Weimar German Republic betrayed. All morality and truth were judged by this criterion: whether it was in accordance…

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