Racial Policy of Nazi Germany - Basis of Nazi Policies and Constitution of The Aryan Master Race

Basis of Nazi Policies and Constitution of The Aryan Master Race

The Aryan Master Race conceived by the Nazis graded humans on a scale of pure Aryan to non-Aryan (who were viewed as subhumans). At the top of the scale of pure Aryans included Germans and other Germanic peoples including the Dutch, Scandinavians, the French and the English because they carried a suitable composition of Germanic blood. The Nazis considered Slavs to be a severely contaminated race, including: Bosniaks, Croats, Czechs, Poles, Russians, Serbs, Ukrainians who were classified as "subhumans", although a certain percentage of these ethnic groups were seen fit to be Germanised and thus be considered Aryans. However, Nazi policy towards Slavs changed during World War II when Nazi Germany accepted Slavs to serve in its armed forces within occupied territories, in spite of them being considered subhuman, as a pragmatic means to resolve military manpower shortages. At the bottom of the racial scale of non-Aryans were Jews, Romani, and blacks. The Nazis later made an exception to the policy of viewing Croats as Slavs upon the prompting of Croatian Ustase leader Ante Pavelic of the Axis puppet state in Croatia, who claimed that Croats were primarily the descendents of the Goths and thus had stronger Germanic roots than Slavic roots. The Nazis originally sought to rid the German state of Jews and Romani by means of emigration, while blacks were to be segregated and eventually exterminated through compulsory sterilization.

Volkisch theorists believed that Germany’s Teutonic ancestors had spread out from Germany throughout Europe. Of the German tribes that spread through Europe, the theorists identified that: the Burgundians, Franks, and Western Goths joined with the Gauls to make France; the Lombards moved south and joined with the Italians; the Jutes made Denmark; the Angles made England; the Flemings made Belgium; and other tribes made Holland.