The Aryan Race
Defined as "a name given to people of pure German blood", the Aryan race provided a racial standard to be followed by the German people. By using posters depicting ideal Aryans, the Nazis lead the people to believe that they were creating a master race, which was thought to be the best thing to do.
“German sport has only one task: to strengthen the character of the German people, imbuing it with the fighting spirit and steadfast camaraderie necessary in the struggle for its existence.”
- Joesph Goebbles, Minister of Propaganda
"There can't be two smart peoples in the world. We're going to win the war, so only the Aryan race will stand."
- Josef Mengele, SS Officer
"Only racially higher peoples are creators and bearers of a high culture. Only they determine the course of events. Inferior races have no history. They lack the necessary ability, the ability to master their own fate. Only racially advanced peoples have this ability. Races that do not have the courage to make history have no history. The life of a people does not develop mechanically, nor does it develop steadily. It is a constant struggle with nature and the environment, and above all with other peoples. It is an eternal battle, an eternal struggle. There is no unified, gradual development of all peoples to a common goal."
- SS Racial Policy
- SS Racial Policy
"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State."
–Joseph Goebbels, Minister of Propaganda
–Joseph Goebbels, Minister of Propaganda