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@chai_iq @briebriejoy Yes, Nazi policy, as implemented during WWII, treated Jews and Roma differently from Poles and other Slavs. The primary goals being genocidal eradication and colonization & enslavement respectively. And also, the latter project cost millions of lives in Poland, USSR.Permalink On twitter.com
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@chai_iq @briebriejoy If we want to understand Nazi ideology, we need to understand both its racism (against Jews, Slavs, and Roma) and its view of Jews as a conspiratorial enemy.Permalink On twitter.com
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@chai_iq @briebriejoy If I were to write a one sentence summary of Nazi rule, I might prioritize genocide and war over enslavement of occupied peoples. But any longer account really needs to talk about the latter too.On twitter.com
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@chai_iq @briebriejoy And for folks in the United States especially, understanding how and why a European country set up a system of ethnic slavery in 1939 is extremely important. (pages from Christoph Thonfeld, Hitler's Slaves, 2010)Permalink On twitter.com
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@chai_iq @briebriejoy "You know that within the Party the line which is generally adopted is that our Polish policy consists of the deportation of the Poles, their destruction, or their treatment as a mere source of labor." Nazi official quoted by US Holocaust Museum ushmm.org/m/pdfs/2000926-Poles.pdfPermalink On twitter.com