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The Nazis did not value diversity. Taking a great interest in eugenics and working from the premise of a false science of race, they declared that the “Aryan” people were superior to all other groups. They created an ‘ideal’ image of a German citizen – strong and healthy, fair-skinned, blond haired and blue-eyed. Propaganda films were made to show the model of the ‘perfect’ German male and female.

Nazi ideology stated that not all humans were equal; some were even considered “untermenschen” (sub-human) if they did not fit their warped sense of the ideal. The Nazis hated anyone who was ‘different’, even including those who fitted their Aryan concept of normality but held different views or thoughts which did not support Nazi ideology, policy and activities…

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