Abstract

The Nazi regime sought total social and racial standardization. As this 1937 propaganda publication shows, the state discrimination against racially, socially, politically, and medically “inferior” individuals and groups was presented as necessary to protect the German people. The right side of the page features the dangerous “vermin”: residents of a psychiatric facility; the left side of the page shows the solution: concentration camps.

“The Nazi State Protects the German People from Vermin through its Criminal Code and its Racial Legislation against the Reproduction of Inferiors” (Nazi Publication, 1937)

Source

Source: “Concentration Camps” and “Inmates of Insane Asylums” – Illustrations from a Nazi publication. Unknown photographer.
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Recommended Citation

“The Nazi State Protects the German People from Vermin through its Criminal Code and its Racial Legislation against the Reproduction of Inferiors” (Nazi Publication, 1937), published in: German History in Documents and Images, <https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/nazi-germany-1933-1945/ghdi:image-1947> [March 28, 2025].

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