Racial policy of Nazi Germany
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| - | '''Scientific racism''' might refer to either [[obsolete scientific theories]] of the [[19th century]] or to historical and contemporary racist propaganda disguised as scientific research. However, both senses of the word sometimes overlap. | + | |
| + | The '''racial policy of Nazi Germany''' was a set of policies and laws implemented by [[Nazi Germany]], asserting the superiority of the "[[Aryan race]]", and based on a specific [[Nazism and race|racist doctrine]] which claimed [[scientific racism|scientific legitimacy]]. It was combined with a [[Nazi eugenics|eugenics programme]] that aimed for [[racial hygiene]] by using [[compulsory sterilization]]s and extermination of the ''[[Untermensch]]'' (or "sub-humans"), and which eventually culminated in the [[Holocaust]]. These policies targeted peoples, [[Racial antisemitism|in particular Jews]], Gypsies, homosexuals and handicapped people, who were labeled as "inferior" in a racial hierarchy that placed the ''Herrenvolk'' (or "[[master race]]") of the ''[[Volksgemeinschaft]]'' (or "national community") at the top, and ranked [[Russians]], [[Romani people|Romani]], [[persons of color]] and Jews at the bottom. | ||
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| - | * [[Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol]] (1847–1920, authored a booklet on "[[race and intelligence]]", inspirator of the [[Iron Guard]]) | + | *[[Aryanization]] |
| - | * [[Albert Einstein's brain]] | + | *[[Germanization]] |
| - | * [[American Renaissance (magazine)]], a monthly racialist magazine | + | *[[Nazi eugenics]] |
| - | * [[Biological determinism]] | + | *''[[Nationalsozialistischer Reichsbund für Leibesübungen]]'' |
| - | * [[Drapetomania]] | + | *''[[Generalplan Ost]]'' |
| - | * [[Eugenics]] | + | *[[Greater Germanic Reich]] |
| - | * [[Institute for the Study of Academic Racism]] | + | *[[Blood money (term)|Blood money]] laws |
| - | * [[Mitochondrial DNA]] | + | *[[Anti-Jewish legislation in prewar Nazi Germany]] |
| - | * [[Nazism and race]] | + | *[[Consequences of German Nazism]] |
| - | * [[Pioneer Fund]] | + | *[[Holocaust]] |
| - | * [[Psychometrics]] | + | *[[Porajmos]] |
| - | * [[Race and genetics]] | + | *[[Persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust]] |
| - | * [[Race and intelligence]] | + | *[[Kaiser Wilhelm Institute]] |
| - | * [[Science Wars]] | + | *[[Josef Mengele]] |
| - | * [[Melanin Theory]] | + | *[[T-4 Euthanasia Program]] |
| + | *[[The Reich Citizenship Law]] | ||
| + | *[[Yellow badge]] | ||
| + | *[[Racialism]] | ||
| + | *[[Aryan paragraph]] | ||
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The racial policy of Nazi Germany was a set of policies and laws implemented by Nazi Germany, asserting the superiority of the "Aryan race", and based on a specific racist doctrine which claimed scientific legitimacy. It was combined with a eugenics programme that aimed for racial hygiene by using compulsory sterilizations and extermination of the Untermensch (or "sub-humans"), and which eventually culminated in the Holocaust. These policies targeted peoples, in particular Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals and handicapped people, who were labeled as "inferior" in a racial hierarchy that placed the Herrenvolk (or "master race") of the Volksgemeinschaft (or "national community") at the top, and ranked Russians, Romani, persons of color and Jews at the bottom.
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See also
- Aryanization
- Germanization
- Nazi eugenics
- Nationalsozialistischer Reichsbund für Leibesübungen
- Generalplan Ost
- Greater Germanic Reich
- Blood money laws
- Anti-Jewish legislation in prewar Nazi Germany
- Consequences of German Nazism
- Holocaust
- Porajmos
- Persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust
- Kaiser Wilhelm Institute
- Josef Mengele
- T-4 Euthanasia Program
- The Reich Citizenship Law
- Yellow badge
- Racialism
- Aryan paragraph
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