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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]] [[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 [[Communist|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>

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 [[Communist|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 [[Problem solving|task will be finally 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>

==In popular culture==

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