Endsieg


Endsieg is German for "ultimate victory". It is generally used to denote a victory at the end of a war or conflict.

Historical usage

The word was also used in World War I. Adolf Hitler used Endsieg in his book Mein Kampf in 1925 when he asked the rhetorical question if fate wanted the Jewish people to achieve final victory.
In the 1930s and 1940s, the word was widely used in the propaganda of Nazi Germany. Endsieg was part of the Nazi doctrine: Temporary losses notwithstanding, the Third Reich would ultimately prevail, and thus any breakdown in allegiance to Nazi ideology was not to be tolerated. This conjuration of final victory became more desperate in 1943 when allied successes forced Germany onto the defensive, e.g. it was propagated that the Endsieg, due to the superiority of the Aryan race, was inevitable. Joseph Goebbels still spoke about the Endsieg as late as March 1945.