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Stahlerne Romantik

Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels coined this phrase, “steel romanticism.” It became a slogan used to increase the German military and economic effort and production. Steel romanticism drew upon the ideal of steel as the building […]
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Erbkranker Nachwuchs

These were offspring who had severe, incurable hereditary diseases. Half a million people were sterilized during the years of the Third Reich. Who in their right mind would willingly have children, knowing full well they would […]
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Ausweis

Every German was required to carry an identification card or ID papers at all times. Several U.S. states have required voters to have ID cards – even offered free transportation to anyone who needs to get […]
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Partisanjagger

“Partisan hunters” were special army units formed to fight partisans and resistance fighters in Eastern Europe. We need units like the “partisan hunters” to deal with the wide open U.S. border with Mexico. Congress voted […]
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Ausweiszwang

This was the legal, formal obligation to be able to identify oneself at all times. From 1939 onward, every German was required at all times to carry on their person identification papers – a passport, workbook, […]
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Autarkie

This was a national, geopolitical policy of economic self- sufficiency. The goal was to eliminate all imports by growing or manufacturing all economic necessities at home. The policy of “autarchy” began in the 1930s to […]
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Ersatz

“Substitute substances” were commonplace in wartime Germany, motivated by limited access to farmland and coal/oil/energy supplies. The Germans made gasoline from oil, developed synthetic wool and cotton, and a hundred other innovations. Everything had to […]
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Ernahrungsant

The “Food Supply Department” allocated food to Germany via wartime rationing. The same organization allocated food to Jews in the ghettos. “Ernahrungsopfer” was the donation and sacrifice of food for “self-sufficiency” and so Germany could “achieve […]
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Durchfuhren

This was a favorite word of Nazi bureaucrats, meaning to execute, to bring to an end, to follow through, enforce, complete. This notion would be anathema to any bureaucrat or functionary in any modern government […]
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Rasselos

Raceless: Not of pure race and having no race awareness or race self-consciousness. Whites are unique in the modern day of having absolutely no race awareness. It’s not something that is ever a part of […]