Pagan shrines and ancient ritual sites in Germany were officially recognized. According to fascist ideology, individual identity comes only from the group, and since culture determines the individual, the needs of the culture have priority. Fascism opposes human automony. Culture, therefore, takes on a mystical, almost god-like status. Civilization, according to fascists was the result of Jewish abstraction and reason.
Civilization is mechancal and rational and brings on alienation.
This glorification of culture and enthicity of course led to virulent racism the Nazis have been most noted for. As with primitive and animistic cultures, fascism sees man as one with nature. What is generally not known is the fact that this doctrine led the fascists to hold a very zealous view of environmentalism. They enacted significant environmental protection programs. Health and physcial fitness was stressed.