RuSHA racial science posters collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn90092
• English
• overall: Height: 56.625 inches (143.828 cm) | Width: 41.000 inches (104.14 cm) | Depth: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm)
• Updated 9 months ago

Large wall panel lithograph featuring 16 headshots of eight racial/ethnic types from Europe and neighboring countries. Nazi racial policy makers idealized the Nordic race and considered other racial groups to be inferior. It was produced by The Race and Settlement Main Office (RuSHA) and edited by Dr. Bruno K. Schultz, a race specialist and SS and Nazi Party member, as a teaching tool for racial hygiene instruction. Nazi ideology sought to create a racially pure German nation. All those who did not belong to the Nordic race were to be excluded from the community. Thus citizens had to be edu...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn90093
• English
• overall: Height: 56.625 inches (143.828 cm) | Width: 41.000 inches (104.14 cm) | Depth: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm)
• Updated 9 months ago

Large wall panel lithograph featuring 16 headshots of eight racial/ethnic types from outside Europe. Nazi racial policy makers idealized the Nordic race and considered other racial groups to be inferior. It was produced by The Race and Settlement Main Office (RuSHA) and edited by Dr. Bruno K. Schultz, a race specialist and SS and Nazi Party member, as a teaching tool for racial hygiene instruction. Nazi ideology sought to create a racially pure German nation. All those who did not belong to the Nordic race were to be excluded from the community. Thus citizens had to be educated to recognize...