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Nazis claimed to scientifically measure a strict hierarchy among races; at the top was the Aryan Race (minus the Slav s, who were seen as below Aryan), then lesser races. At the bottom of this hierarchy were "parasitic" races, or Untermensch en, which were perceived to be dangerous to society. Lowest of all in the Nazi Racial Policy were Africans , Gypsies and Jew s. Nazi theory said that because the nation was the expression of the race, the greatness of a race could be evaluated according to a race's ability and desire to acquire a large homeland. German accomplishments in science, technology, philosophy and culture were interpreted as scientific evidence to support Nazi racist ideology. Racial Purity was seen as needed protection. This set of claims grew out of a larger movement of Scientific Racism that developed out of a specific application of Darwinism . Scientific racism was taught at major universities in Europe and the United States through the 1930s. Hitler never made any reference to the physical traits of the Aryan race. He himself didn't correspond to the common view of the aryan race (white, blond, with blue eyes). Four books that claimed perceived racial difference was hierarchical and central to social order had a major influence on the trajectory of Scientific Racism, especially in Nazi Germany:
American eugenicists traded ideas with their counterparts in Nazi Germany(Lombardo 2002; Kühl 1994). REFERENCES
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