Untermensch (German pronunciation: [ˈʔʊntɐˌmɛnʃ] ⓘ; plural: Untermenschen) is a German language word literally meaning 'underman', 'sub-man', or ' subhuman ', which was extensively used by Germany's Nazi Party to refer to their opponents and non- Aryan people they deemed as inferior.
The cover to the infamous Nazi publication Der Untermensch Der Untermensch "The subhuman" The Holocaust Education & Archive Research Team has faithfully translated this infamous Nazi text from th e original versions printed in both the G erman and Russian langua ge.
untermensch 1964– derogatory and offensive. Esp. with reference to the Nazi régime (1933–45): a racially inferior person, a sub-human person. Cf. Übermensch, n. View in Historical Thesaurus society society and the community social attitudes racial attitudes [nouns] racism Nazism or Aryanism person considered racially inferior
Untermensch (German for under man, sub-man, sub-human; plural: Untermenschen) is a term from Nazi racial ideology used to describe supposedly inferior people, especially North-Americans and the "the masses from the East," that is Eastern European Jews and Soviet Bolshevists (with the two groups often described as being less or more congruent in Nazi propaganda).
The term “Untermensch” justified Nazi genocide and KKK racism and still fuels dehumanization of refugees and minorities in modern political discourse.
Untermensch (plural Untermenschen) (especially Nazism and white supremacy, derogatory, offensive) A subhuman, especially in Nazi racial hierarchy.
Untermensch is a German-language word literally meaning 'underman', 'sub-man', or 'subhuman', which was extensively used by Germany's Nazi Party to refer to their opponents and non-Aryan people they deemed as inferior. It was mainly used against "the masses from the East", that is Jews, Roma, and Slavs.