Ask me/us About Nazi Germany

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Silver2195: Apr 4, 2012

Azathoth posted:

The Nazi conception of what makes someone an Aryan was, like much of the Nazi philosophy, based on negation. They could point to someone and say that they are not Aryan (Jews, Slavs, etc.) but actually saying who was Aryan had a surprising amount of flexibility. It allowed them to come up with a solid justification for a population being Aryan if there was a geopolitical reason for making an alliance with them.

It's also worth pointing out that we have a much better understanding of the origins of various populations now than was possessed in the 30s and 40s. Because of our modern understanding of just how far apart Japanese and Germans are historically, the idea of the Japanese being Aryan is patently ridiculous, but it was much less so at the time.

Strictly speaking, the idea of the Germans being Aryan is also patently ridiculous.

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Silver2195: Apr 4, 2012

Noctis Horrendae posted:

Tell me about Freemasonry and the Holocaust. There's quite literally no information on the Internet about it.

No information on the Internet? I found this from a simple Google search: http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007187

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