The Nazis have believed in racial theories that were not broadly accepted. Yes, Americans adhered to theories that Italians, Jews, and East Europeans are subhuman, however, even Mussolini didn’t believe in these theories.
The Nazis regarded cultures as races. And while Czechs or Poles really have some parts of Slavic culture (notably languages) they are genetically mixed. The theories that Czechs are exclusive Slavic were disproved by skeleton findings (even before DNA). There were Celts and Germanic people first, then they were integrated into Slavic tribes. Nearly all possible tribes were mixing there.
The European nations are extremely genetically close which rebut the idea that they possess distinct virtues. They have different cultures, of course, and that is very important.
Let’s get back to the disgusting Nazi period. Hitler believed European nations are distinct races and he was right. However, these clusters – as I have said before – are extremely close and are even overlapping.
So there are Germans you cannot say whether they are French or German, Czech or German, Austrian or German and so on.
This is, I think, the hardest blow the classic National Socialism can take.
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