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[[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 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  

In the issue of "Messages for the Troops", published by the [[military]] [[propaganda]] 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.<ref>[https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-german-military-and-the-holocaust The German Military and the Holocaust], Holocaust Encyclopedia.</ref><ref>Wette V., War of Extermination: The Wehrmacht and the Holocaust, ''Modern and Contemporary History''. 1999. No. 3. P. 72–79. [https://worldhistoryconnected.press.uillinois.edu/5.3/br_thomas2.html Book Review]/</ref>

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==

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