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	==History==		==History==
	[[File:Comparison of Daily Living Costs for an Individual with a Hereditary Disease and for a Healthy Family.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|260px\|This image, part of the slide series "Blood and Soil" (c. 1935), suggests that the hereditarily diseased man on the left costs the state 5.50 Reichsmarks per day – enough for a healthy family of five to live on for one day.]]		[[File:Comparison of Daily Living Costs for an Individual with a Hereditary Disease and for a Healthy Family.png\|thumb\|260px\|This image, part of the slide series "Blood and Soil" (c. 1935), suggests that the hereditarily diseased man on the left costs the state 5.50 Reichsmarks per day – enough for a healthy family of five to live on for one day.]]
	[[File:Reichserbhofgesetz.png\|thumb\|260px\|''Reichserbhofgesetz'']]		[[File:Reichserbhofgesetz.png\|thumb\|260px\|''Reichserbhofgesetz'']]
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	==Gallery==		==Gallery==
	<gallery widths="250" heights="250" perrow="4">		<gallery widths="250" heights="250" perrow="4">
	File:Liselotte Purper, Porträt einer Maid in Arbeitskleidung, Ostpreußen 1939.~~jpg~~\|[https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Orgel-K%C3%B6hne,_Liselotte Liselotte Purper]: ''Portrait of a young woman of the [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Reichsarbeitsdienst_der_weiblichen_Jugend RADwJ]'', [[East Prussia]] 1939		File:Liselotte Purper, Porträt einer Maid in Arbeitskleidung, Ostpreußen 1939.png\|[https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Orgel-K%C3%B6hne,_Liselotte Liselotte Purper]: ''Portrait of a young woman of the [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Reichsarbeitsdienst_der_weiblichen_Jugend RADwJ]'', [[East Prussia]] 1939
	File:Arbeitsmann und Arbeitsmaid bei der Kartoffelernte, Altmark 1937, Lichtbildnis von Liselotte Purper.~~jpg~~\|Altmark 1937		File:Arbeitsmann und Arbeitsmaid bei der Kartoffelernte, Altmark 1937, Lichtbildnis von Liselotte Purper.png\|Altmark 1937
	File:Liselotte Purper, Milchseihen auf der Weide, Pommern 1940.~~jpg~~\|Pomerania 1940		File:Liselotte Purper, Milchseihen auf der Weide, Pommern 1940.png\|Pomerania 1940
	File:Blood and Soil.jpg		File:Blood and Soil.jpg
	</gallery>		</gallery>

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	[[Richard Walther Darré]] popularized the phrase in his 1930 book ''A New Nobility Based on Blood and Soil''. Darré was an influential member of the [[NSDAP]] and assisted the party greatly in gaining support among rural Germans outside the cities (farmers, landowners, etc.). Darré argued that a master race created out of a eugenics programme would lead to a race of people who would be free from illness and full of virtue and good thoughts. The blemishes that he believed blighted German society then would be removed forever. He became Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture of [[National Socialist Germany]] and [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Reichsbauernf%C3%BChrer ''Reichsbauernführer''] (Reich Farmers' Leader) in 1933.		[[Richard Walther Darré]] popularized the phrase in his 1930 book ''A New Nobility Based on Blood and Soil''. Darré was an influential member of the [[NSDAP]] and assisted the party greatly in gaining support among rural Germans outside the cities (farmers, landowners, etc.). Darré argued that a master race created out of a eugenics programme would lead to a race of people who would be free from illness and full of virtue and good thoughts. The blemishes that he believed blighted German society then would be removed forever. He became Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture of [[National Socialist Germany]] and [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Reichsbauernf%C3%BChrer ''Reichsbauernführer''] (Reich Farmers' Leader) in 1933.

	The ''Blut und Boden'' belief put farmers and other rural workers above those who worked in cities etc. In Asia, especially Japan, an ancient [[tradition]]. The rugged toughness of peasants from medieval times was celebrated. Numerous German peasant rebellions were portrayed in folklore as examples of the oppressor being overthrown by the oppressed. Men and women were portrayed muscled, strong and tanned – all signs of a healthy life spent outdoors. They produced more children than their urban equivalent. Schools taught how the countryside had been bought up by ~~Jewish~~ families and that rural families had been turned off the land and had to go to the cities to find work.		The ''Blut und Boden'' belief put farmers and other rural workers above those who worked in cities etc. In Asia, especially Japan, an ancient [[tradition]]. The rugged toughness of peasants from medieval times was celebrated. Numerous German peasant rebellions were portrayed in folklore as examples of the oppressor being overthrown by the oppressed. Men and women were portrayed muscled, strong and tanned – all signs of a healthy life spent outdoors. They produced more children than their urban equivalent. Schools taught how the countryside had been bought up by jewish families and that rural families had been turned off the land and had to go to the cities to find work.
	===Labour service===		===Labour service===
	Members of the HJ and the BDM were encouraged to do their year’s labour service ([https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Freiwilliger_Arbeitsdienst ''Freiwilliger Arbeitsdienst''] and [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Reichsarbeitsdienst ''Reichsarbeitsdienst'']) on the land – returning the youth of the cities back to the soil – nearly 2 million in total. National Socialists believed that those who lived in [[Eastern Europe]] and western [[USSR]] had no idea on how to work the land properly and only true Aryans would know how to do this and make the area a “bread basket” (Hitler).		Members of the HJ and the BDM were encouraged to do their year’s labour service ([https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Freiwilliger_Arbeitsdienst ''Freiwilliger Arbeitsdienst''] and [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Reichsarbeitsdienst ''Reichsarbeitsdienst'']) on the land – returning the youth of the cities back to the soil – nearly 2 million in total. National Socialists believed that those who lived in [[Eastern Europe]] and western [[USSR]] had no idea on how to work the land properly and only true Aryans would know how to do this and make the area a “bread basket” (Hitler).

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	[[File:Blut und Boden.png\|thumb\|260px\|Logo]]		[[File:Blut und Boden.png\|thumb\|260px\|Logo]]
	'''Blood and Soil''' ({{lang-de\|Blut und Boden}}) refers to a [[~~nationalist~~]] ideology/movement focusing on descent / [[race]] (''Blood'') and homeland / [[fatherland]] (''Soil''). The German expression was coined in the late 19th century, influenced by [[Romantic nationalism]] and the [[Völkisch movement‎]], calling for a change to independent farming for the "Germanic aristocracy of the soil".		'''Blood and Soil''' ({{lang-de\|Blut und Boden}}) refers to a [[fascist]] ideology/movement focusing on descent / [[race]] (''Blood'') and homeland / [[fatherland]] (''Soil''). The German expression was coined in the late 19th century, influenced by [[Romantic nationalism]] and the [[Völkisch movement‎]], calling for a change to independent farming for the "Germanic aristocracy of the soil".

	==History==		==History==

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[[File:Blut und Boden.png|thumb|260px|Logo]]
'''Blood and Soil''' ({{lang-de|Blut und Boden}}) refers to a [[nationalist]] ideology/movement focusing on descent / [[race]] (''Blood'') and homeland / [[fatherland]] (''Soil''). The German expression was coined in the late 19th century, influenced by [[Romantic nationalism]] and the [[Völkisch movement‎]], calling for a change to independent farming for the "Germanic aristocracy of the soil".

==History==
[[File:Comparison of Daily Living Costs for an Individual with a Hereditary Disease and for a Healthy Family.jpg|thumb|260px|This image, part of the slide series "Blood and Soil" (c. 1935), suggests that the hereditarily diseased man on the left costs the state 5.50 Reichsmarks per day – enough for a healthy family of five to live on for one day.]]
[[File:Reichserbhofgesetz.png|thumb|260px|''Reichserbhofgesetz'']]
[[File:Blood and Soil medals and badges.jpeg|thumb|260px|Medals and badges]]
The German Blood and Soil movement celebrated the relationship of a people to the land that they live on and cultivate. It placed high esteem on the virtues of country (as opposed to urban) living and [[Germanic]] traditions. Belief in ‘blood and soil’ had been around before [[World War One]] and became associated with the love for nation and race.

Supporters of ‘blood and soil’, like the [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Wandervogelbewegung Wandervogel movement], invariably wanted to send their children on holiday to rural areas and this was later copied by the [[Hitler Youth]] and [[BDM]] movement, the [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Reichsarbeitsdienst_der_weiblichen_Jugend ''Reichsarbeitsdienst der weiblichen Jugend''] and others.

[[Richard Walther Darré]] popularized the phrase in his 1930 book ''A New Nobility Based on Blood and Soil''. Darré was an influential member of the [[NSDAP]] and assisted the party greatly in gaining support among rural Germans outside the cities (farmers, landowners, etc.). Darré argued that a master race created out of a eugenics programme would lead to a race of people who would be free from illness and full of virtue and good thoughts. The blemishes that he believed blighted German society then would be removed forever. He became Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture of [[National Socialist Germany]] and [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Reichsbauernf%C3%BChrer ''Reichsbauernführer''] (Reich Farmers' Leader) in 1933.

The ''Blut und Boden'' belief put farmers and other rural workers above those who worked in cities etc. In Asia, especially Japan, an ancient [[tradition]]. The rugged toughness of peasants from medieval times was celebrated. Numerous German peasant rebellions were portrayed in folklore as examples of the oppressor being overthrown by the oppressed. Men and women were portrayed muscled, strong and tanned – all signs of a healthy life spent outdoors. They produced more children than their urban equivalent. Schools taught how the countryside had been bought up by Jewish families and that rural families had been turned off the land and had to go to the cities to find work.
===Labour service===
Members of the HJ and the BDM were encouraged to do their year’s labour service ([https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Freiwilliger_Arbeitsdienst ''Freiwilliger Arbeitsdienst''] and [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Reichsarbeitsdienst ''Reichsarbeitsdienst'']) on the land – returning the youth of the cities back to the soil – nearly 2 million in total. National Socialists believed that those who lived in [[Eastern Europe]] and western [[USSR]] had no idea on how to work the land properly and only true Aryans would know how to do this and make the area a “bread basket” (Hitler).

===Reichserbhofgesetz===
The "State Hereditary Farm Law" (''Reichserbhofgesetz'') of 29 September 1933 implemented the ideology, stating that its aim was to ''"preserve the farming community as blood-source of the German people"''. As farmers appeared as a source of economics and racial stability, the law was implemented to protect them from the forces of modernization.

In Allied-occupied Germany, after much debate about whether this law should be repealed or if it should be kept for the moment, after excising its most odious clauses, to protect the German food supply, in 1947 the Allied Control Council decided to repeal it and to regulate the transfer of forests and farms.

==See also==
*[[Fourth Reich Farmers’ Rally 1936]]
*[[Fatherland and Motherland]]
*[[Racial_genetic_interests#Ethnicity_and_territory|Racial genetic interests: Ethnicity and territory]]

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="250" heights="250" perrow="4">
File:Liselotte Purper, Porträt einer Maid in Arbeitskleidung, Ostpreußen 1939.jpg|[https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Orgel-K%C3%B6hne,_Liselotte Liselotte Purper]: ''Portrait of a young woman of the [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Reichsarbeitsdienst_der_weiblichen_Jugend RADwJ]'', [[East Prussia]] 1939
File:Arbeitsmann und Arbeitsmaid bei der Kartoffelernte, Altmark 1937, Lichtbildnis von Liselotte Purper.jpg|Altmark 1937
File:Liselotte Purper, Milchseihen auf der Weide, Pommern 1940.jpg|Pomerania 1940
File:Blood and Soil.jpg
</gallery>

==External links==
*[https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Odal_%E2%80%93_Monatsschrift_f%C3%BCr_Blut_und_Boden "''Odal – Monatsschrift für Blut und Boden''"]

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[[Category:Agriculture]]
[[Category:National Socialism]]
[[Category:Ideology]]

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	[[File:Blut und Boden.png\|thumb\|260px\|Logo]]		[[File:Blut und Boden.png\|thumb\|260px\|Logo]]
	'''Blood and Soil''' ({{lang-de\|Blut und Boden}}) refers to a [[fascist]] ideology/movement focusing on descent / [[race]] (''Blood'') and homeland / [[fatherland]] (''Soil''). The German expression was coined in ~~tbe~~ late 19th century, influenced by [[Romantic nationalism]] and ~~tbe~~ [[Völkisch movement‎]], calling for a change to independent farming for ~~tbe~~ "Germanic aristocracy of ~~tbe~~ soil".		'''Blood and Soil''' ({{lang-de\|Blut und Boden}}) refers to a [[fascist]] ideology/movement focusing on descent / [[race]] (''Blood'') and homeland / [[fatherland]] (''Soil''). The German expression was coined in the late 19th century, influenced by [[Romantic nationalism]] and the [[Völkisch movement‎]], calling for a change to independent farming for the "Germanic aristocracy of the soil".

	==History==		==History==
	[[File:Comparison of Daily Living Costs for an Individual with a Hereditary Disease and for a Healthy Family.png\|thumb\|260px\|This image, part of ~~tbe~~ slide series "Blood and Soil" (c. 1935), suggests that ~~tbe~~ hereditarily diseased man on ~~tbe~~ left costs ~~tbe~~ state 5.50 Reichsmarks per day – enough for a healthy family of five to live on for one day.]]		[[File:Comparison of Daily Living Costs for an Individual with a Hereditary Disease and for a Healthy Family.png\|thumb\|260px\|This image, part of the slide series "Blood and Soil" (c. 1935), suggests that the hereditarily diseased man on the left costs the state 5.50 Reichsmarks per day – enough for a healthy family of five to live on for one day.]]
	[[File:Reichserbhofgesetz.png\|thumb\|260px\|''Reichserbhofgesetz'']]		[[File:Reichserbhofgesetz.png\|thumb\|260px\|''Reichserbhofgesetz'']]
	[[File:Blood and Soil medals and badges.jpeg\|thumb\|260px\|Medals and badges]]		[[File:Blood and Soil medals and badges.jpeg\|thumb\|260px\|Medals and badges]]
	The German Blood and Soil movement celebrated ~~tbe~~ relationship of a people to ~~tbe~~ land that they live on and cultivate. It placed high esteem on ~~tbe~~ virtues of country (as opposed to urban) living and [[Germanic]] traditions. Belief in ‘blood and soil’ had been around before [[World War One]] and became associated with ~~tbe~~ love for nation and race.		The German Blood and Soil movement celebrated the relationship of a people to the land that they live on and cultivate. It placed high esteem on the virtues of country (as opposed to urban) living and [[Germanic]] traditions. Belief in ‘blood and soil’ had been around before [[World War One]] and became associated with the love for nation and race.

	Supporters of ‘blood and soil’, like ~~tbe~~ [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Wandervogelbewegung Wandervogel movement], invariably wanted to send their children on holiday to rural areas and this was later copied by ~~tbe~~ [[Hitler Youth]] and [[BDM]] movement, ~~tbe~~ [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Reichsarbeitsdienst_der_weiblichen_Jugend ''Reichsarbeitsdienst der weiblichen Jugend''] and others.		Supporters of ‘blood and soil’, like the [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Wandervogelbewegung Wandervogel movement], invariably wanted to send their children on holiday to rural areas and this was later copied by the [[Hitler Youth]] and [[BDM]] movement, the [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Reichsarbeitsdienst_der_weiblichen_Jugend ''Reichsarbeitsdienst der weiblichen Jugend''] and others.

	[[Richard Walther Darré]] popularized ~~tbe~~ phrase in his 1930 book ''A New Nobility Based on Blood and Soil''. Darré was an influential member of ~~tbe~~ [[NSDAP]] and assisted ~~tbe~~ party greatly in gaining support among rural Germans outside ~~tbe~~ cities (farmers, landowners, etc.). Darré argued that a master race created out of a eugenics programme would lead to a race of people who would be free from illness and full of virtue and good thoughts. The blemishes that he believed blighted German society then would be removed forever. He became Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture of [[National Socialist Germany]] and [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Reichsbauernf%C3%BChrer ''Reichsbauernführer''] (Reich Farmers' Leader) in 1933.		[[Richard Walther Darré]] popularized the phrase in his 1930 book ''A New Nobility Based on Blood and Soil''. Darré was an influential member of the [[NSDAP]] and assisted the party greatly in gaining support among rural Germans outside the cities (farmers, landowners, etc.). Darré argued that a master race created out of a eugenics programme would lead to a race of people who would be free from illness and full of virtue and good thoughts. The blemishes that he believed blighted German society then would be removed forever. He became Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture of [[National Socialist Germany]] and [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Reichsbauernf%C3%BChrer ''Reichsbauernführer''] (Reich Farmers' Leader) in 1933.

	The ''Blut und Boden'' belief put farmers and other rural workers above those who worked in cities etc. In Asia, especially Japan, an ancient [[tradition]]. The rugged toughness of peasants from medieval times was celebrated. Numerous German peasant rebellions were portrayed in folklore as examples of ~~tbe~~ oppressor being overthrown by ~~tbe~~ oppressed. Men and women were portrayed muscled, strong and tanned – all signs of a healthy life spent outdoors. They produced more children than their urban equivalent. Schools taught how ~~tbe~~ countryside had been bought up by jewish families and that rural families had been turned off ~~tbe~~ land and had to go to ~~tbe~~ cities to find work.		The ''Blut und Boden'' belief put farmers and other rural workers above those who worked in cities etc. In Asia, especially Japan, an ancient [[tradition]]. The rugged toughness of peasants from medieval times was celebrated. Numerous German peasant rebellions were portrayed in folklore as examples of the oppressor being overthrown by the oppressed. Men and women were portrayed muscled, strong and tanned – all signs of a healthy life spent outdoors. They produced more children than their urban equivalent. Schools taught how the countryside had been bought up by jewish families and that rural families had been turned off the land and had to go to the cities to find work.
	===Labour service===		===Labour service===
	Members of ~~tbe~~ HJ and ~~tbe~~ BDM were encouraged to do their year’s labour service ([https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Freiwilliger_Arbeitsdienst ''Freiwilliger Arbeitsdienst''] and [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Reichsarbeitsdienst ''Reichsarbeitsdienst'']) on ~~tbe~~ land – returning ~~tbe~~ youth of ~~tbe~~ cities back to ~~tbe~~ soil – nearly 2 million in total. National Socialists believed that those who lived in [[Eastern Europe]] and western [[USSR]] had no idea on how to work ~~tbe~~ land properly and only true Aryans would know how to do this and make ~~tbe~~ area a “bread basket” (Hitler).		Members of the HJ and the BDM were encouraged to do their year’s labour service ([https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Freiwilliger_Arbeitsdienst ''Freiwilliger Arbeitsdienst''] and [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Reichsarbeitsdienst ''Reichsarbeitsdienst'']) on the land – returning the youth of the cities back to the soil – nearly 2 million in total. National Socialists believed that those who lived in [[Eastern Europe]] and western [[USSR]] had no idea on how to work the land properly and only true Aryans would know how to do this and make the area a “bread basket” (Hitler).

	===Reichserbhofgesetz===		===Reichserbhofgesetz===
	The "State Hereditary Farm Law" (''Reichserbhofgesetz'') of 29 September 1933 implemented ~~tbe~~ ideology, stating that its aim was to ''"preserve ~~tbe~~ farming community as blood-source of ~~tbe~~ German people"''. As farmers appeared as a source of economics and racial stability, ~~tbe~~ law was implemented to protect them from ~~tbe~~ forces of modernization.		The "State Hereditary Farm Law" (''Reichserbhofgesetz'') of 29 September 1933 implemented the ideology, stating that its aim was to ''"preserve the farming community as blood-source of the German people"''. As farmers appeared as a source of economics and racial stability, the law was implemented to protect them from the forces of modernization.

	In Allied-occupied Germany, after much debate about whether this law should be repealed or if it should be kept for ~~tbe~~ moment, after excising its most odious clauses, to protect ~~tbe~~ German food supply, in 1947 ~~tbe~~ Allied Control Council decided to repeal it and to regulate ~~tbe~~ transfer of forests and farms.		In Allied-occupied Germany, after much debate about whether this law should be repealed or if it should be kept for the moment, after excising its most odious clauses, to protect the German food supply, in 1947 the Allied Control Council decided to repeal it and to regulate the transfer of forests and farms.

	==See also==		==See also==
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	==Gallery==		==Gallery==
	<gallery widths="250" heights="250" perrow="4">		<gallery widths="250" heights="250" perrow="4">
	File:Liselotte Purper, Porträt einer Maid in Arbeitskleidung, Ostpreußen 1939.png\|[https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Orgel-K%C3%B6hne,_Liselotte Liselotte Purper]: ''Portrait of a young woman of ~~tbe~~ [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Reichsarbeitsdienst_der_weiblichen_Jugend RADwJ]'', [[East Prussia]] 1939		File:Liselotte Purper, Porträt einer Maid in Arbeitskleidung, Ostpreußen 1939.png\|[https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Orgel-K%C3%B6hne,_Liselotte Liselotte Purper]: ''Portrait of a young woman of the [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Reichsarbeitsdienst_der_weiblichen_Jugend RADwJ]'', [[East Prussia]] 1939
	File:Arbeitsmann und Arbeitsmaid bei der Kartoffelernte, Altmark 1937, Lichtbildnis von Liselotte Purper.png\|Altmark 1937		File:Arbeitsmann und Arbeitsmaid bei der Kartoffelernte, Altmark 1937, Lichtbildnis von Liselotte Purper.png\|Altmark 1937
	File:Liselotte Purper, Milchseihen auf der Weide, Pommern 1940.png\|Pomerania 1940		File:Liselotte Purper, Milchseihen auf der Weide, Pommern 1940.png\|Pomerania 1940

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	[[File:Blut und Boden.png\|thumb\|260px\|Logo]]		[[File:Blut und Boden.png\|thumb\|260px\|Logo]]
	'''Blood and Soil''' ({{lang-de\|Blut und Boden}}) refers to a [[fascist]] ideology/movement focusing on descent / [[race]] (''Blood'') and homeland / [[fatherland]] (''Soil''). The German expression was coined in ~~the~~ late 19th century, influenced by [[Romantic nationalism]] and ~~the~~ [[Völkisch movement‎]], calling for a change to independent farming for ~~the~~ "Germanic aristocracy of ~~the~~ soil".		'''Blood and Soil''' ({{lang-de\|Blut und Boden}}) refers to a [[fascist]] ideology/movement focusing on descent / [[race]] (''Blood'') and homeland / [[fatherland]] (''Soil''). The German expression was coined in tbe late 19th century, influenced by [[Romantic nationalism]] and tbe [[Völkisch movement‎]], calling for a change to independent farming for tbe "Germanic aristocracy of tbe soil".

	==History==		==History==
	[[File:Comparison of Daily Living Costs for an Individual with a Hereditary Disease and for a Healthy Family.png\|thumb\|260px\|This image, part of ~~the~~ slide series "Blood and Soil" (c. 1935), suggests that ~~the~~ hereditarily diseased man on ~~the~~ left costs ~~the~~ state 5.50 Reichsmarks per day – enough for a healthy family of five to live on for one day.]]		[[File:Comparison of Daily Living Costs for an Individual with a Hereditary Disease and for a Healthy Family.png\|thumb\|260px\|This image, part of tbe slide series "Blood and Soil" (c. 1935), suggests that tbe hereditarily diseased man on tbe left costs tbe state 5.50 Reichsmarks per day – enough for a healthy family of five to live on for one day.]]
	[[File:Reichserbhofgesetz.png\|thumb\|260px\|''Reichserbhofgesetz'']]		[[File:Reichserbhofgesetz.png\|thumb\|260px\|''Reichserbhofgesetz'']]
	[[File:Blood and Soil medals and badges.jpeg\|thumb\|260px\|Medals and badges]]		[[File:Blood and Soil medals and badges.jpeg\|thumb\|260px\|Medals and badges]]
	The German Blood and Soil movement celebrated ~~the~~ relationship of a people to ~~the~~ land that they live on and cultivate. It placed high esteem on ~~the~~ virtues of country (as opposed to urban) living and [[Germanic]] traditions. Belief in ‘blood and soil’ had been around before [[World War One]] and became associated with ~~the~~ love for nation and race.		The German Blood and Soil movement celebrated tbe relationship of a people to tbe land that they live on and cultivate. It placed high esteem on tbe virtues of country (as opposed to urban) living and [[Germanic]] traditions. Belief in ‘blood and soil’ had been around before [[World War One]] and became associated with tbe love for nation and race.

	Supporters of ‘blood and soil’, like ~~the~~ [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Wandervogelbewegung Wandervogel movement], invariably wanted to send their children on holiday to rural areas and this was later copied by ~~the~~ [[Hitler Youth]] and [[BDM]] movement, ~~the~~ [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Reichsarbeitsdienst_der_weiblichen_Jugend ''Reichsarbeitsdienst der weiblichen Jugend''] and others.		Supporters of ‘blood and soil’, like tbe [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Wandervogelbewegung Wandervogel movement], invariably wanted to send their children on holiday to rural areas and this was later copied by tbe [[Hitler Youth]] and [[BDM]] movement, tbe [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Reichsarbeitsdienst_der_weiblichen_Jugend ''Reichsarbeitsdienst der weiblichen Jugend''] and others.

	[[Richard Walther Darré]] popularized ~~the~~ phrase in his 1930 book ''A New Nobility Based on Blood and Soil''. Darré was an influential member of ~~the~~ [[NSDAP]] and assisted ~~the~~ party greatly in gaining support among rural Germans outside ~~the~~ cities (farmers, landowners, etc.). Darré argued that a master race created out of a eugenics programme would lead to a race of people who would be free from illness and full of virtue and good thoughts. The blemishes that he believed blighted German society then would be removed forever. He became Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture of [[National Socialist Germany]] and [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Reichsbauernf%C3%BChrer ''Reichsbauernführer''] (Reich Farmers' Leader) in 1933.		[[Richard Walther Darré]] popularized tbe phrase in his 1930 book ''A New Nobility Based on Blood and Soil''. Darré was an influential member of tbe [[NSDAP]] and assisted tbe party greatly in gaining support among rural Germans outside tbe cities (farmers, landowners, etc.). Darré argued that a master race created out of a eugenics programme would lead to a race of people who would be free from illness and full of virtue and good thoughts. The blemishes that he believed blighted German society then would be removed forever. He became Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture of [[National Socialist Germany]] and [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Reichsbauernf%C3%BChrer ''Reichsbauernführer''] (Reich Farmers' Leader) in 1933.

	The ''Blut und Boden'' belief put farmers and other rural workers above those who worked in cities etc. In Asia, especially Japan, an ancient [[tradition]]. The rugged toughness of peasants from medieval times was celebrated. Numerous German peasant rebellions were portrayed in folklore as examples of ~~the~~ oppressor being overthrown by ~~the~~ oppressed. Men and women were portrayed muscled, strong and tanned – all signs of a healthy life spent outdoors. They produced more children than their urban equivalent. Schools taught how ~~the~~ countryside had been bought up by jewish families and that rural families had been turned off ~~the~~ land and had to go to ~~the~~ cities to find work.		The ''Blut und Boden'' belief put farmers and other rural workers above those who worked in cities etc. In Asia, especially Japan, an ancient [[tradition]]. The rugged toughness of peasants from medieval times was celebrated. Numerous German peasant rebellions were portrayed in folklore as examples of tbe oppressor being overthrown by tbe oppressed. Men and women were portrayed muscled, strong and tanned – all signs of a healthy life spent outdoors. They produced more children than their urban equivalent. Schools taught how tbe countryside had been bought up by jewish families and that rural families had been turned off tbe land and had to go to tbe cities to find work.
	===Labour service===		===Labour service===
	Members of ~~the~~ HJ and ~~the~~ BDM were encouraged to do their year’s labour service ([https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Freiwilliger_Arbeitsdienst ''Freiwilliger Arbeitsdienst''] and [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Reichsarbeitsdienst ''Reichsarbeitsdienst'']) on ~~the~~ land – returning ~~the~~ youth of ~~the~~ cities back to ~~the~~ soil – nearly 2 million in total. National Socialists believed that those who lived in [[Eastern Europe]] and western [[USSR]] had no idea on how to work ~~the~~ land properly and only true Aryans would know how to do this and make ~~the~~ area a “bread basket” (Hitler).		Members of tbe HJ and tbe BDM were encouraged to do their year’s labour service ([https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Freiwilliger_Arbeitsdienst ''Freiwilliger Arbeitsdienst''] and [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Reichsarbeitsdienst ''Reichsarbeitsdienst'']) on tbe land – returning tbe youth of tbe cities back to tbe soil – nearly 2 million in total. National Socialists believed that those who lived in [[Eastern Europe]] and western [[USSR]] had no idea on how to work tbe land properly and only true Aryans would know how to do this and make tbe area a “bread basket” (Hitler).

	===Reichserbhofgesetz===		===Reichserbhofgesetz===
	The "State Hereditary Farm Law" (''Reichserbhofgesetz'') of 29 September 1933 implemented ~~the~~ ideology, stating that its aim was to ''"preserve ~~the~~ farming community as blood-source of ~~the~~ German people"''. As farmers appeared as a source of economics and racial stability, ~~the~~ law was implemented to protect them from ~~the~~ forces of modernization.		The "State Hereditary Farm Law" (''Reichserbhofgesetz'') of 29 September 1933 implemented tbe ideology, stating that its aim was to ''"preserve tbe farming community as blood-source of tbe German people"''. As farmers appeared as a source of economics and racial stability, tbe law was implemented to protect them from tbe forces of modernization.

	In Allied-occupied Germany, after much debate about whether this law should be repealed or if it should be kept for ~~the~~ moment, after excising its most odious clauses, to protect ~~the~~ German food supply, in 1947 ~~the~~ Allied Control Council decided to repeal it and to regulate ~~the~~ transfer of forests and farms.		In Allied-occupied Germany, after much debate about whether this law should be repealed or if it should be kept for tbe moment, after excising its most odious clauses, to protect tbe German food supply, in 1947 tbe Allied Control Council decided to repeal it and to regulate tbe transfer of forests and farms.

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