The book for which Ratzel is acknowledged all over the world is 'Anthropogeographie'. It was completed between 1872 to 1899. The main focus of this monumental work is on the effects of different physical features and locations on the style and life of the people.
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The term Lebensraum was coined by the German geographer, Friedrich Ratzel (1844-1904). During the last two decades of the 19th century, Ratzel developed a theory according to which the development of all species, including humans, is primarily determined by their adaptation to geographic circumstances.
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T hus, in Nazi ideology, Lebensraum meant the expansion of Germany to the east in search of a unity between the German Volk and the land (the Nazi concept of Blood and Soil). The Nazi modified theory of Lebensraum became Germany's foreign policy during the Third Reich. 1.
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Ratzel's father was the head of the household staff of the Grand Duke of Baden. He attended high school in Karlsruhe for six years before being apprenticed at age 15 to apothecaries. In 1863, he went to Rapperswil on the Lake of Zurich, Switzerland, where he began to study the classics.
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Lebensraum. T he geopolitical concept of Lebensraum (living space) was proffered by others in Germany decades before Adolf Hitler came to power. In 1871, for example, Lebensraum was a popular political slogan during the establishment of a united Germany.
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H itler looked east for Germany's expansion in Europe. It was in this view that Hitler added a racist element to Lebensraum. By stating that the Soviet Union was run by Jews, then Hitler concluded Germany had a right to take Russian land.
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Ratzel’s idea of Raum (space) would grow out of his organic state conception. This early concept of lebensraum was not political or economic, but spiritual and racial nationalist expansion. The Raum-motiv is a historically driving force, pushing peoples with great Kultur to naturally expand.
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John Kerry should read this article by Palestine News Network (West Bank, Palestine). Nebst etlichen Anmerkungen zu dieser Geographie (1792) aus der Feder von Johann Christoph Schwartz auseinander und vergleicht dessen Standpunkte uber die Aufteilung des.
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Ratzel continued his work at Leipzig until his sudden death on August 9, 1904 in Ammerland, Germany. Ratzel, a scholar of versatile academic interest, was a staunch German. During the outbreak of Franco-Prussian war in 1870, he joined the Prussian army and was wounded twice during the war.
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In 1926, Hans Grimm's book Volk ohne Raum (A People without Space) was published. This book became a classic on Germany's need for space and the book's title soon became a popular National Socialist slogan. H itler changed the concept of Lebensraum.
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what was lebensraum?
Lebensraum was proffered by others in Germany decades before Adolf Hitler came to power.  Lebensraum was proffered by others in Germany decades before Adolf Hitler came to power.