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Nazi racial theories
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The German Nazi Party adopted and developed several racial hierarchical categorizations as an important part of its racist ideology in order to justify enslavement, extermination, ethnic persecution a
Cover of the Nazi propaganda brochure "Der Untermensch" ("The Subhuman"), 1942. The SS booklet depicted Eastern Europeans as "subhumans".
Cover of the Nazi propaganda brochure "Der Untermensch" ("The Subhuman"), 1942. The SS booklet depicted Eastern Europeans as "subhumans".
A poster advertising the 1938 Neues Volk calendar depicting racially "pure Aryans"
A poster advertising the 1938 Neues Volk calendar depicting racially "pure Aryans"
A chart in 1935 explaining the Nuremberg Laws
A chart in 1935 explaining the Nuremberg Laws
Chinese Chiang Wei-kuo as a Wehrmacht officer candidate (Fahnenjunker), c. 1938. The shoulder boards indicate the rank of Unterfeldwebel (OR5a) with m
Chinese Chiang Wei-kuo as a Wehrmacht officer candidate (Fahnenjunker), c. 1938. The shoulder boards indicate the rank of Unterfeldwebel (OR5a) with marksmanship.
Untermensch
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Untermensch is a German-language word literally meaning 'underhuman or 'subhuman', which was extensively used by Germany's Nazi Party to refer to their opponents and non-Aryan people they deemed as in
Nazi racial theories
…considered the best branch, and they considered Jews, mixed-race people, Slavs, Romani, black people, and certain other ethnicities racially inferior subhumans, whose members were only suitable for slave labor and extermination. In these ethnicities, Jews were considered the most inferior. However, the Nazis…
Austro-Hungarian postcard made in 1914 which features the rhyming slogan "Serbia must die!" Such images were representative of the social attitudes un
Austro-Hungarian postcard made in 1914 which features the rhyming slogan "Serbia must die!" Such images were representative of the social attitudes underlying the concept of untermensch.
This poster (from around 1938) reads: "60,000 Reichsmark is what this person suffering from a hereditary defect costs the People's community during hi
This poster (from around 1938) reads: "60,000 Reichsmark is what this person suffering from a hereditary defect costs the People's community during his lifetime. Fellow citizen, that is your money too. Read the Neues Volk, the monthly magazine of the Office of Racial Policy of the NSDAP."