The Nazis were about promoting the superior race, the white race.
That's a misconception. They were promoting Aryan race, which to them meant all Germanic and Scandinavian Europeans. Virtually all other white Europeans except the British were on the same pecking order with Africans and Asians in their eyes, and European Jews (who are white) and Slavs were considered even lower. Saying Nazis were about white people versus other races, is I think offensive, considering that out of around 20 million people that Nazis targeted and systematically slaughtered, virtually all of them were white. It's also weird, since SS allowed blacks and Asian people in, and thousands of volunteers from North African, Middle Eastern and Asian countries served in SS, and Hitler's biggest ally was Japan.
They focused on the jews because they were so prevalent in Germany.
No, they believed Jews are kind of the global 1%, who were trying to run the world. Nazi's antisemitism was essentially copy-paste Marxism, with bourgeoisie replaced with the Jews.
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carolina_1992
8 years ago
Uhm, have you read Mein Kampf? "Aryan" was just an umbrella for multiple European subraces, including Mediterranean, east-Baltic etc., with Nordic types on top. It's an interesting subject worth looking into. Although I must add that Mein Kampf makes absolutely no sense when you look at Hitler's deeds and alliances.
Asians were Hitler's "honorary Aryans". He admired Asian culture very much, and Japan was an important ally.
Hitler only decided the Slavs were inferior when they decided they would not join him and remain communist instead. This resulted in Hitler taking his frustration out on the Poles, even though there were many who did agree with Hitler's views.
North African people were allowed in the SS because they were equally anti-Semitic.
In the end, it all comes down to power and alliances. Do your research and see that the ones he killed apart from Jews were the ones who were against him.
Hitler's hatred of the Jews grew out of resentment and frustration. Anyone willing to join his cause was welcome, white or non-white.
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