Hitler+and+the+Slavs

= The Nazis described Slavs as subhumans (slawische Untermenschen). In 1939-40 the Germans prepared a secret plan of genocide and ethnic cleansing called 'Master Plan East" (Generalplan Ost). = = The plan foresaw extermination, expulsion and Germanization of most Slavs. The rest stayed to be treated as slaves. In their place, up to 10 million Germans were to be settled in a 'living space' (Lebensraum). The plan was a part of German expansion to the east (Drang nach Osten). = = In 1941 a decision was made to destroy the Polish nation completely by extermination, deportations to Siberia and Germanization. The Germans killed most of the Polish elite (scientists, teachers, lawyers, doctors), destroyed culture and imposed a ban on higher education. =
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