What role did language play in the Nazi's ascend to power?

How does Nazi language reflect Nazi ideology?

Check the meaning of the following words ...

... in Brinitzer's war and post-war German dictionary

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How was language used to create and dehumanize social groups?

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Examples of euphemism in Nazi language on the Holocaust.

German Word	Literal Meaning	Real Meaning
ausgemerzt	exterminated (insects)	murdered
liquidiert	liquidated	murdered
erledigt	finished (off)	murdered
Aktionen	actions	missions to seek out Jews and kill them
Sonderaktionen	special actions	special mission to kill Jews
Sonderbehandlung	special treatment	Jews taken through death process in camps
sonderbehandelt	specially treated	sent through death process
Säuberung	cleansing	sent through the death process
Ausschaltung	elimination	murder of Jews
Aussiedlung	evacuation	murder of Jews
Umsiedlung	resettlement	murder of Jews
Exekutivemaßnahme	executive measure	order for murder
entsprechend behandelt	treated appropriately	murdered
einer Sondermaßnahme zugeführt	conveyed to special measure	killed
sicherhistspolizelich durchgearbeitet	worked through by security police	murder
Lösung der Judenfrage	solution of the Jewish question	murder of Jewish people
Bereinigung der Judenfrage	cleaning up the Jewish question	murder
judenfrei gemacht	made free of Jews	all Jews in an area killed
Badeanstalten	bath houses	gas chambers
Leichenkeller	corpse cellars	crematorium
durchgeschleust	dragged through	sent through killing process in camp
Endlösung	the Final Solution	the decision to murder all Jews
Hilfsmittel	auxiliary equipment	gas vans for murder