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==General Plan East==

==General Plan East==

The General Plan for the East (''Generalplan Ost'') was a written memoranda for the extermination of 30 million [[Russian]]s and other "[[subhumans]]" in [[Nazi]] parlance to create living space (''[[Lebensraum]]'') for the German population. According to a 2020 study,<ref>[https://voicefromrussia.ch/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/EN-Anatomy-of-Evil.pdf "Anatomy of Evil". Plans, directives, orders of the military-political leadership of Nazi Germany for the occupation of the USSR], Anatomy of Evil – Plans, Guidelines and Orders of the Military-Political Leadership of Nazi Germany for the Occupation of the USSR.] Mikhail Meltyukhov, 2020.</ref> about half the objective, or between 15.9 and 17.4 million civilians in Russia were murdered.

The General Plan for the East (''Generalplan Ost'') was a written memoranda for the extermination of 30 million [[Russian]]s and other "[[subhumans]]" in [[Nazi]] parlance to create living space (''[[Lebensraum]]'') for the German population. According to a 2020 study,<ref>[https://voicefromrussia.ch/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/EN-Anatomy-of-Evil.pdf "Anatomy of Evil". Plans, directives, orders of the military-political leadership of Nazi Germany for the occupation of the USSR], Anatomy of Evil – Plans, Guidelines and Orders of the Military-Political Leadership of Nazi Germany for the Occupation of the USSR.] Mikhail Meltyukhov, 2020.</ref> about half the objective, or between 15.9 and 17.4 million civilians in Russia were murdered.

Preparations for the fight against the [[Soviet Union]] were not limited to the development of a [[military]] [[strategy]].  

Preparations for the fight against the [[Soviet Union]] were not limited to the development of a [[military]] [[strategy]].  

[[Anti-communism]] in [[Nazi]] [[propaganda]] was combined with [[anti-Semitism]], which gave rise to the image of a "[[Bolshevik]] [[Jew]]" who had seized power over the [[Slavic]] "subhumans,"<ref>For a 21st century interpreation of the doctrine see [[Ukrainian]] [[Azov Battalion]] Commander [[Andrei Biletsky]]: It is the Ukrainian nation's mission to "lead the white races of the world in a final crusade...against Semite-led Untermenschen (Subhumans)." https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/03/18/inside-azov-neo-nazi-brigade-killing-russian-generals-playing/</ref>  and who became a symbol of the main threat to [[European civilization]]. Germany's mission was seen as protecting the [[Aryan]] (white) race from "subhumans"; and [[Europe]] from "[[Asian]] hordes" ([[Russian]]s were presented as the heirs of the [[Huns]] and [[Mongol]]s). The [[Wehrmacht]] was supposed to protect Europe from another invasion of [[barbarian]]s from [[the East]].

[[Anti-communism]] in [[Nazi]] [[propaganda]] was combined with [[anti-Semitism]], which gave rise to the image of a "[[Bolshevik]] [[Jew]]" who had seized power over the [[Slavic]] "subhumans,"<ref>For a 21st century interpreation of the doctrine see [[Ukrainian]] [[Azov Battalion]] Commander [[Andrei Biletsky]]: It is the Ukrainian nation's mission to "lead the white races of the world in a final crusade...against Semite-led Untermenschen (Subhumans)." https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/03/18/inside-azov-neo-nazi-brigade-killing-russian-generals-playing/</ref>  and who became a symbol of the main threat to [[European civilization]]. Germany's mission was seen as protecting the [[Aryan]] (white) race from "subhumans"; and [[Europe]] from "[[Asian]] hordes" ([[Russian]]s were presented as the heirs of the [[Huns]] and [[Mongol]]s). The [[Wehrmacht]] was supposed to protect Europe from another invasion of [[barbarian]]s from [[the East]].

In his speeches to the [[Wehrmacht]] leadership on July 21 and 31, 1940, German Chancellor [[Adolf Hitler]] emphasized that the coming [[war]] would be "the complete opposite of a normal war in [[the West]] and [[Northern Europe|North of Europe]]," since it envisaged not only the defeat of the enemy's armed forces, but also "the destruction of [[Russia]] as a [[nation state|state]]," with the [[Baltics]], [[Belarus]], and [[Ukraine]] to come under the direct control of [[Germany]].<ref>Halder F. ''War Diary: Daily Entries of the Chief of the General Staff of the Ground Forces, 1939–1942''. In 3 volumes / Translated from German. Volume 2: From the planned invasion of England to the beginning of the Eastern Campaign (1.7.1940–21.6.1941). https://archive.org/stream/HalderWarJournal/Halder%20War%20Journal_djvu.txt</ref>

In the issue of "Messages for the Troops", published by the [[military]] [[propagand]] department of the OKW (''Oberkommando der Wehrmacht'' or Supreme Command of the Wehrmacht) in June 1941, the meaning of the war that had begun was quite openly

stated: "The issue is to liquidate the [[Communuist|Red]] [[subhuman]]ity embodied in the [[Moscow]] rulers. The German people are facing the greatest task of their history. The whole world will see that this task will be finally [[Peoblem solving|solved]]." As a result, "every participant in the Wehrmacht’s Eastern Campaign knew that he was allowed to do anything and would not be brought before a military tribunal.

==In popular culture==

==In popular culture==