"And if you can have converts, Jews are not an ethnic group."
Too bad Hitler didn't think that way. One Jewish grandparent, and off to da camps.
II. The Genetically Unacceptable
A. The Jews
Why were the Jewish people genetically unacceptable to the Nazis? The answer lies in the way the Third Reich viewed the Jews. Much of this has been discussed in other sections.(See "Judenrein") While many people throughout history have seen and defined the Jews as both a race and religion, the Nazis went to great links to define the Jews first as a race, with complex racial definitions R and secondarily as a religious and political threat.p The Nazis wanted to rid Europe of the Jews not just because of their religion and politics, but because they believed that the Jews were the modern day descendants of the Hebrews, a group they considered the "root-race". ( See Root Race Theory A Superior or Master Race would emerge and take over Europe and then the World when this 'root race' was eradicated, ushering in a Utopian period populated by a genetically superior people. That people, according to the belief of the Nazis was the Aryan Race, with strong Nordic characteristics, white, with blue and light-colored eyes and light-colored hair, with strong physiques. The upper-most decision makers believed that by eliminating the Jewish bloodlines of Europe and the other bloodlines of 'less-desireable' peoples, that within a generation or two, this perfect Aryan Race would emerge, and usher in the Third Millenium, the Third Reign, which Hitler would rule. Himmler even believed he was the re-carnation of Heinrich I, who reigned earlier in history in a similar matter. The plan to make Europe "Jew-free" Judenfrei or Judenrein was from the beginning: excuses and apologetics having to do with 'relocating' the Jews for economic reasons covered the true motivation of the upper echelon of the Third Reich. The aim was to annihilate even the remnant of Jewish blood (we would now say DNA) from the peoples of Europe.
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