Racial policy of Nazi Germany

Racial policy of Nazi Germany

China and Japan

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Hitler supported the [[Empire of Japan]] during the [[Russo-Japanese War]]. He saw their victory as a defeat of [[Austro-Slavism]].{{rp|[https://archive.org/details/meinkampf0000hitl_s5q9/page/145/mode/1up 145]}}O’Neill, Robert. "Churchill, Japan, and British Security in the Pacific 1904–1942" In ''Churchill''. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996. 275. He considered [[Japanese people]] the "Herrenvolk of the Orient".Ravenscroft, Trevor. ''[https://archive.org/details/spearofdestinyoc0000rave/page/229/mode/1up The Spear of Destiny: The occult power behind the spear which pierced the side of Christ]''. York Beach, ME: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1982. 229.
Hitler supported the [[Empire of Japan]] during the [[Russo-Japanese War]]. He saw their victory as a defeat of [[Austro-Slavism]].{{rp|[https://archive.org/details/meinkampf0000hitl_s5q9/page/145/mode/1up 145]}}O’Neill, Robert. "Churchill, Japan, and British Security in the Pacific 1904–1942" In ''Churchill''. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996. 275. He considered [[Japanese people]] the "Herrenvolk of the Orient".Ravenscroft, Trevor. ''[https://archive.org/details/spearofdestinyoc0000rave/page/229/mode/1up The Spear of Destiny: The occult power behind the spear which pierced the side of Christ]''. York Beach, ME: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1982. 229.


Nazi foreign policy wanted to favor Japan and shift away from China. Several members of the party, such as [[Johann von Leers]], suggested exempting Japan from their racist laws in order to foster good will. The [[Racial Policy Office]] opposed the exceptions.Furuya, Harumi. "Japan's Racial Identity in the Second World War: The Cultural Context of the Japanese Treatment of POWs". In ''Japanese Prisoners of War''. Continuum International Publishing Group, 2001.{{rp|123f}} The disagreement was papered over by avoiding enforcement against Japanese-Germans while also granting a farcical "honorary Aryan" status to Japan. In October 1933, German Foreign Minister [[Konstantin von Neurath]] formally exempted the Japanese from the racial laws as a sop to [[realpolitik]].{{rp|126f}}
Nazi foreign policy wanted to favor Japan and shift away from China. Several members of the party, such as [[Johann von Leers]], suggested exempting Japan from their racist laws in order to foster good will. The [[Racial Policy Office]] opposed the exceptions.Furuya, Harumi. "Japan's Racial Identity in the Second World War: The Cultural Context of the Japanese Treatment of POWs". In ''Japanese Prisoners of War''. Continuum International Publishing Group, 2001.{{rp|123f}} The disagreement was papered over by avoiding enforcement against Japanese-Germans while also granting a farcical "[[honorary Aryan]]" status to Japan. In October 1933, German Foreign Minister [[Konstantin von Neurath]] formally exempted the Japanese from the racial laws as a sop to [[realpolitik]].{{rp|126f}}


[[Persecution of Chinese people in Nazi Germany]] followed China's declaration of war against Germany on December 9, 1941.Gütinger, Erich. "[https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-26096-6_8 A Sketch of the Chinese Community in Germany: Past and Present]", In ''The Chinese in Europe''. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 1998. 202.
[[Persecution of Chinese people in Nazi Germany]] followed China's declaration of war against Germany on December 9, 1941.Gütinger, Erich. "[https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-26096-6_8 A Sketch of the Chinese Community in Germany: Past and Present]", In ''The Chinese in Europe''. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 1998. 202.