The Myth of the Twentieth Century

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Nazi propaganda work book ideological treatise

The Myth of the Twentieth Century is a 1930 Nazi ideological treatise by Alfred Rosenberg that attempts to provide a racial and philosophical justification for National Socialism.

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Label	Occurrences
Der Mythus des 20. Jahrhunderts	2
The Myth of the Twentieth Century canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2602679 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Myth of the Twentieth Century
Context triple: [Alfred Rosenberg, notableWork, The Myth of the Twentieth Century]

A. October: Ten Days That Shook the World
"October: Ten Days That Shook the World" is a 1928 Soviet silent historical film by Sergei Eisenstein that dramatizes the events of the 1917 October Revolution using his pioneering montage techniques.
B. The Origins of Totalitarianism
The Origins of Totalitarianism is Hannah Arendt’s seminal political theory work analyzing the historical roots and mechanisms of modern totalitarian regimes such as Nazism and Stalinism.
C. The Meaning of History
The Meaning of History is a philosophical work by Russian religious thinker Nicolas Berdyaev that explores the spiritual and existential significance of historical events and humanity’s destiny.
D. The Crisis of the Old Order
The Crisis of the Old Order is a historical study by Arthur Schlesinger Jr. analyzing the political, social, and economic forces that led to the collapse of the pre–New Deal system in the United States.
E. The Crooked Timber of Humanity
The Crooked Timber of Humanity is a collection of essays by philosopher Isaiah Berlin exploring pluralism, the limits of human perfectibility, and the complexities of political and moral life.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Myth of the Twentieth Century
Target entity description: The Myth of the Twentieth Century is a 1930 Nazi ideological treatise by Alfred Rosenberg that attempts to provide a racial and philosophical justification for National Socialism.

A. October: Ten Days That Shook the World
"October: Ten Days That Shook the World" is a 1928 Soviet silent historical film by Sergei Eisenstein that dramatizes the events of the 1917 October Revolution using his pioneering montage techniques.
B. The Origins of Totalitarianism
The Origins of Totalitarianism is Hannah Arendt’s seminal political theory work analyzing the historical roots and mechanisms of modern totalitarian regimes such as Nazism and Stalinism.
C. The Meaning of History
The Meaning of History is a philosophical work by Russian religious thinker Nicolas Berdyaev that explores the spiritual and existential significance of historical events and humanity’s destiny.
D. The Crisis of the Old Order
The Crisis of the Old Order is a historical study by Arthur Schlesinger Jr. analyzing the political, social, and economic forces that led to the collapse of the pre–New Deal system in the United States.
E. The Crooked Timber of Humanity
The Crooked Timber of Humanity is a collection of essays by philosopher Isaiah Berlin exploring pluralism, the limits of human perfectibility, and the complexities of political and moral life.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nazi propaganda work ⓘ book ⓘ ideological treatise ⓘ
associatedWith	Nazi Party ⓘ Third Reich ⓘ
author	Alfred Rosenberg ⓘ
bannedIn	Germany after 1945 ⓘ
classification	extremist literature ⓘ
contains	anti-Christian arguments ⓘ anti-Semitic conspiracy theories ⓘ pseudoscientific racial theories ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Germany ⓘ
genre	political philosophy ⓘ racial theory ⓘ
historicalContext	Weimar Republic ⓘ rise of Nazism ⓘ
ideology	Nazism ⓘ antisemitism ⓘ racism ⓘ völkisch nationalism ⓘ
influencedBy	Arthur de Gobineau ⓘ Houston Stewart Chamberlain ⓘ völkisch movement ⓘ
legalStatusInGermany	indexed as harmful literature ⓘ
moralAssessmentByScholars	widely condemned as racist and antisemitic ⓘ
movement	National Socialism ⓘ linked to: Nazism
notableFor	its role in Nazi propaganda ⓘ providing racial justification for National Socialism ⓘ systematizing Nazi racial ideology ⓘ
opposes	Marxism ⓘ liberal democracy ⓘ parliamentary system ⓘ
originalLanguage	German ⓘ
originalTitle	Der Mythus des 20. Jahrhunderts ⓘ linked to: The Myth of the Twentieth Century
politicalAlignment	far-right ⓘ
positionInAuthorWork	major work of Alfred Rosenberg ⓘ
promotes	Aryan racial myth ⓘ Germanic cultural supremacy ⓘ
publicationYear	1930 ⓘ
relatedWork	Mein Kampf ⓘ
subject	Aryan supremacy ⓘ German nationalism ⓘ National Socialist worldview ⓘ critique of Christianity ⓘ myth and culture ⓘ racial hierarchy ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed	20th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alfred Rosenberg → notableWork → The Myth of the Twentieth Century ⓘ

Alfred Rosenberg → originalTitle → Der Mythus des 20. Jahrhunderts ⓘ

linked to: The Myth of the Twentieth Century

The Myth of the Twentieth Century → originalTitle → Der Mythus des 20. Jahrhunderts ⓘ