Racial policy of Nazi Germany

Racial policy of Nazi Germany originated as the Dolchstoßlegende ("betrayal legend") of disgruntled WW I German nationalists who blamed non-Germans for the loss of the war. The Nazis exploited these sentiments and later molded them into the Nuremberg Laws.

1939 to 1945

In the General Government in 1940 the population was divided on different groups. Each group had different rights, food ratios, allowed strips in the cities, public transportation and restricted restaurants. Listed from the most privileged to the least:

Related Topics:
General Government - 1940

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• Germans from Germany (Reichdeutsche)
• Germans from outside, active ethnic Germans, Volksliste category 1 and 2 (see Volksdeutsche)
• Germans from outside, passive Germans and members of families, handicapped (this group included also many ethnic Poles), Volksliste category 3 and 4,
• Ukrainians,
• Highlanders (Goralenvolk): an attempt to split Polish nation by using local collaborators
• Poles,
• Jews (eventually sentenced to extermination as a category).

See also: General Government

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