While I see the pertinence of the last two paragraphs you cited and find them quite convincing, I have a hard time following the first one. Almost all nations in Europe threatened each other of conquest, occupation, colonization or balkanization. But there is no common scale with colonization as the west did and do it. I am by no mean knowledgeable in the subject so take this as it is : curiosity more than criticism.
It’s mostly referring to Lebensraum: Nazi cultural views of the inferiority of Slavs, and Germany’s intent to settle slavic regions like the US did with Native Americans (per the writings of Hitler and other leaders). I’m not sure about the connection with earlier political entities, but the Nazis did have a goal of placing Slavs into work camps and filling their land with German settlers. Some generals wanted to go as far as the Yenisei River in Siberia and give the Far East regions to Japan.
While I see the pertinence of the last two paragraphs you cited and find them quite convincing, I have a hard time following the first one. Almost all nations in Europe threatened each other of conquest, occupation, colonization or balkanization. But there is no common scale with colonization as the west did and do it. I am by no mean knowledgeable in the subject so take this as it is : curiosity more than criticism.
It’s mostly referring to Lebensraum: Nazi cultural views of the inferiority of Slavs, and Germany’s intent to settle slavic regions like the US did with Native Americans (per the writings of Hitler and other leaders). I’m not sure about the connection with earlier political entities, but the Nazis did have a goal of placing Slavs into work camps and filling their land with German settlers. Some generals wanted to go as far as the Yenisei River in Siberia and give the Far East regions to Japan.