Despite the German and Russian people having a long history of living close by and being natural allies to each other's [[economic]] benefit, there has existed in German culture a long [[history]] of prejudice against people with [[Slavic]] roots. Adolf Hitler, writing in ''Mein Kampf'' about his teen years in 1903 noted: "When the [[Russo-Japanese War]] came I was older and better able to judge for myself. For national reasons I then took the side of the [[Japanese]] in our discussions. I looked upon the defeat of the Russians as a blow to Russian Slavdom."<ref>Adolf Hitler, 'Mein Kampf'', Volume 1, Chapter 5. (Ralph Manheim translation).</ref> | Despite the German and Russian people having a long history of living close by and being natural allies to each other's [[economic]] benefit, there has existed in German culture a long [[history]] of prejudice against people with [[Slavic]] roots. Adolf Hitler, writing in ''Mein Kampf'' about his teen years in 1903 noted: "When the [[Russo-Japanese War]] came I was older and better able to judge for myself. For national reasons I then took the side of the [[Japanese]] in our discussions. I looked upon the defeat of the Russians as a blow to Russian Slavdom."<ref>Adolf Hitler, 'Mein Kampf'', Volume 1, Chapter 5. (Ralph Manheim translation).</ref> |