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Houston Stewart Chamberlain ( September 9, 1855 - January 9, 1927) was a British author noted for his works concerning the Aryan race.

He was born in Southsea, England. At age 14 he suffered from seriously poor health and travelled to various spas around Europe, always accompanied by his Prussian tutor who taught him German and interested him with German culture and history.

In 1899 he wrote his most important work, Die Grundlagen des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts (The Foundations of the Nineteenth Century). The work focuses on the controversial notion that Western civilization is deeply marked by the influence of the "Germanic" race. Chamberlain's thoughts were influenced by the writings of Arthur de GobineauJoseph Arthur Comte de Gobineau ( July 14, 1816 October 13, 1882) was a French aristocrat who became famous for developing the theory of the Aryan master race in his book An Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races ( 1853- 1855). Gobineau was a successf.

During his lifetime, Chamberlain's works became wildly popular around Europe, especially in GermanyThe Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland is one of the world's leading industrialized countries, located in the middle of the European Union. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark and the Baltic Sea, to the east. He was invited to stay at the court of Kaiser Wilhelm IIWilhelm II of Prussia and Germany, Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert von Hohenzollern ( January 27, 1859 June 4, 1941) was the last German Emperor Kaiser and the last King Konig of Prussia from 1888 1918. He was born in Berlin to Crown Prince Friedrich and. His works would later have a marked effect upon German nationalist movements, such as Adolf HitlerAdolf Hitler ( April 20, 1889 April 30, 1945) was the Fuhrer (leader) of the National Socialist German Workers' Party and of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. In that capacity he was Chancellor of Germany, head of government, and head of state, ruling as a's National Socialismswastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). Black, white, and red were in fact the colors of the old North German Confederation flag (invented by Otto von Bismarck, based on the Prussian co.

During World War IWorld War I (also known as the First World War , the Great War the War of the Nations and the "War to End All Wars") was a world conflict occurring from 1914 to 1918. No previous conflict had mobilized so many soldiers, or involved so many in the field of, he wrote several propagandaNorth Korean propaganda showing a soldier destroying the Capitol building. This article is about the type of communication. For other meanings, see Propaganda (disambiguation). Propaganda is a specific type of message presentation, aimed at serving an age texts against his country of origin, and later became a citizen of Germany.

Adolf Hitler was a student of his works, and praised him as "The Prophet of the Third Reich".

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