Untermensch

Untermensch ( German for subhuman ) is a term from Nazi racial ideology . Derived from 19th century racial theory , Nazi ideology held that the Germanic peoples were the master race ( Herrenvolk ), and that all other peoples represented lesser races of varying degrees. Groups regarded as Untermenschen included Jews , Gypsies , Slavic peoples , Altaic peoples and Africans . The term was borrowed from older 19th century sources.

Untermensch ( German for under man , sub-man , sub-human ; plural: Untermenschen) is a term that became infamous when the Nazi racial ideology used it to describe "inferior people", especially "the masses from the East," that is Jews , Gypsies , Poles along with other Slavic people like the Russians , Serbs , Ukrainians , so-called Mischlinge and anyone else who was not an " Aryan " according to the contemporary Nazi race terminology. The German word Mensch literally means human .

German word meaning "subhuman"; used by Nazi Germany Attitudes underlying the concept of "untermensch" existed before the word was first used in that sense in 1922. This propaganda poster from 1914 has the rhyming slogan "Serbia must die!" and was made after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand . It depicts the fist of Austria-Hungary crushing its subhuman enemy, a chimpanzee -faced Serb wearing Ottoman slippers and carrying a dagger. Untermensch ( , underman , sub-man , subhuman ; plural: Untermenschen ) is a Nazi term for non- Aryan "inferior people" often referred to as "the masses from the East", that is Jews , Roma , and Slavs ( Poles , Serbs , Russians , etc.). The term was also applied to Blacks , Mulattos and Finn-Asian. Jewish people were to be exterminated in the Holocaust , along with the Polish and Romani people, and the physically and mentally disabled . According to the Generalplan Ost , the Slavic population of East-Central Europe was to be reduced in part through mass murder in the Holocaust , with a majority expelled to Asia and used as slave labor in the Reich. These concepts were an important part of the Nazi racial policy . Hitler's Plans for Eastern Europe (First ed.). The category of sub-human (Untermensch) included Slavic peoples (Poles, Russians, Serbs, etc.) Gypsies and Jews. : |first3= has generic name ( help ) ; |work= ignored ( help ) Oliver Rathkolb. Being Slavs the Russians, Ukrainians, Poles and Serbs were only slightly above the Jews in the ravial hierarchy.

Nazi German word meaning "subhuman" Cover of the Nazi propaganda leaflet " Der Untermensch " ("The Subhuman"), 1942 Untermensch ( , lit. ' underman', 'sub-man', 'subhuman ' ; plural : Untermenschen ) is a Nazi term for non- Aryan people they deem as inferior, who were often referred to as "the masses from the East", that is Jews , Roma , and Slavs (mainly ethnic Poles , Ukrainians , Serbs , and later also Russians ). The term was also applied to " mulatto " and black people . Jewish , Polish and Romani people , along with the physically and mentally disabled , as well as homosexuals and political dissidents , and on rare instances, POWs from Western Allied armies, were to be exterminated in the Holocaust . According to the Generalplan Ost , the Slavic population of East-Central Europe was to be reduced in part through mass murder in the Holocaust , with a majority expelled to Asia and used as slave labor in the Reich. These concepts were an important part of the Nazi racial policy . A Marketing Look at Ukraine in Crisis . Hitler's Plans for Eastern Europe (First ed.). The category of sub-human (Untermensch) included Slavic peoples (Poles, Russians, Serbs, etc.) Gypsies and Jews. : |work= ignored ( help ) Reichsführer-SS (1942).

German word meaning "subhuman", used by the Nazis Cover of the Nazi propaganda brochure " Der Untermensch " ("The Subhuman"), 1942. The SS booklet depicted the natives of Eastern Europe as "subhumans". sidebar Untermensch ( German pronunciation: [ˈʔʊntɐˌmɛnʃ] ; plural : Untermenschen ) is a German language word literally meaning 'underman', 'sub-man', or ' subhuman ', which was extensively used by Germany's Nazi Party to refer to their opponents and non- Aryan people they deemed as inferior. It was mainly used against "the masses from the East", that is Jews , Roma , and Slavs (mainly ethnic Poles , Belarusians , Czechs , Ukrainians , Russians and Serbs ). The term was also applied to " Mischling " (persons of mixed "Aryan" and non-Aryan ancestry) and black people . According to the Generalplan Ost , the Slavic population of East-Central Europe was to be reduced in part through mass murder in the Holocaust for Lebensraum , with a significant amount expelled further east to Siberia and used as forced labour in the Reich. These concepts were an important part of the Nazi racial policy . Hitler's Plans for Eastern Europe . The category of sub-human (Untermensch) included Slavic peoples (Poles, Russians, Serbs, etc.) Gypsies and Jews.