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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]].
Measures for the dismemberment of the [[USSR]], the [[economic]] [[robbery]] and exploitation of its [[national]] [[wealth]] and [[natural resource]]s, the [[enslavement]] and destruction of the Soviet [[population]] were planned in advance.
[[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]].