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Nazi Regime
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Ideological Foundations and Racial Policy
The core tenet of Nazism was the concept of the "Aryan Master Race" (Herrenvolk), positing a hierarchical division of humanity where Nordic peoples represented the pinnacle of biological and cultural development. This ideology mandated the subjugation or elimination of "inferior" races, particularly Jews, whom the Nazis viewed as the primary existential threat to German vitality.
The Nuremberg Law…