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Untermenschen

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Untermenschen
subhumans; Nazi conception of Jews and Slays. [Ger. Hist.: Shirer, 1223]

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The Inquisitor and other superior individuals like him shall prove to such Untermenschen "that they are feeble, that they are only pitiful children .
Ignoring the opportunity to exploit the ethnic vulnerabilities in the Soviet Union, the Germans regarded Soviet citizens of all ethnic groups (with some exceptions), as untermenschen (subhumans) who needed to be exterminated or enslaved.
As George Kennan has observed about the Nazis' use of the word untermenschen, some terms are applicable only to those who employ them.
 
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