Hitler's view on slavs

[Mortimer]

Here are some historian-cited passages (or close to verbatim) from Mein Kampf or Hitler’s recorded monologues, with scholarly commentary, that reflect how he viewed Slavic peoples. I’m giving them in context and commentary (rather than raw propaganda) so you see how historians interpret them:
Key Hitler passagess & historian citations about Slavs
From Mein Kampf, “Eastern Orientation or Eastern Policy”
“By handing Russia to Bolshevism, it robbed the Russian nation of that intelligentsia which previously brought about and guaranteed its existence as a state. For the organization of a Russian state formation was not the result of the political abilities of the Slavs in Russia, but only a wonderful example of the state-forming efficacy of the German element in an inferior race. … For centuries Russia drew nourishment from this Germanic nucleus of its upper leading strata.”
This passage is often quoted in annotated editions and in translations.
Historian commentary:
Hitler is denying that Slavs had state-building capacity, instead attributing Russian statehood to “German” elements in their elite.
John Connelly, in Nazis and Slavs: From Racial Theory to Racist Practice, shows how this argument was central to Nazi rationales for colonial expansion and subjugation of Slavs.
“We take up where we broke off six hundred years ago … turn our gaze toward the land in the east”
In the same chapter (“Eastern Policy”), Hitler frames Germany’s future in terms of eastward expansion, targeting Russia and its border states. He links Germany’s destiny to a soil-policy in the East.
Historian commentary:
This rhetoric is part of how Hitler fused Lebensraum (living space) with his views on Slavs: those lands are to be settled, controlled, exploited. �
Wikipedia +2
From Hitler’s monologues / later remarks: “We shall absorb or expel a ridiculous hundred million Slavs.” — 6 August 1942
This is not from Mein Kampf, but from Hitler’s later spoken remarks collected in monologues. In 1942, he reportedly said:
“We shall absorb or expel a ridiculous hundred million Slavs.” �
SciSpace +1
Historian commentary:
This remark starkly shows the genocidal, dismissive stance toward Slavic populations. �
SciSpace +2
Borejsza’s work A Ridiculous Hundred Million Slavs discusses how this and similar statements reveal Hitler’s worldview and his intentions for Eastern Europe. �
rcin.org.pl +1
Historian summaries / indirect citations of Mein Kampf
Some secondary sources quote Hitler as saying:
“It is very questionable whether and how far the Slavs possess the necessary capacity for constructive politics.”
This is often cited in works on Nazi ideology and anti-Slavism (though many editions do not carry the full context). �
reddit.com
According to Anti-Slavic Sentiment (Wikipedia, summarizing multiple sources), Hitler wrote in Mein Kampf:
“The organization of a Russian state formation was not the result of the political abilities of the Slavs in Russia, but only a wonderful example of the state-forming efficacy of the German element in an inferior race.” Interpretation & caution
These passages are not isolated: they reflect a broader ideological system in Hitler’s thinking, one that links race, politics, and conquest. Historians highlight that such statements provided the intellectual justification for harsh policies in Eastern Europe.
Because Mein Kampf and Hitler’s monologues are ideological propaganda, historians always contextualize them. They compare versions, check manuscript variants, and examine how these statements were used (or ignored) at different times.
Some commonly quoted passages are paraphrases or reconstructed from memory (especially from Hitler’s later speeches). So historians cross-check multiple sources.
Always bear in mind: quoting this material must be done responsibly, with critical framing, because the original is hate propaganda.
If you like, I can send you a short annotated dossier (with full references) of Hitler’s statements about Slavs, so you can trace each quote in academic works. Do you want me to prepare that?

 

[Cassandro]

What is your point? That Hitler didn't think much of Slavs? Your quote about "absorb or expel" the Slavs seems a relatively mild statement of intention, given his hatred of Jews and Communists who he blamed for most of Germany's ills. Even then, his initial plans were to remove Jews from German territories and resettle them elsewhere (e.g., Madagascar). That is one of the reasons he wanted to preserve the French Fleet.

When Germany failed to subdue Britain, lost the French Fleet and got bogged down in Russia, SS Reichsfuhrer Himmler implemented a revised plan to systematically exterminate the Jews in captivity. (Communists were simply killed on the spot.)

By this time Hitler had taken personal command of the German Army and was engrossed in military strategy and tactics. How much he knew or approved of Himmler's plan is a matter of debate. However, his ultimate responsibility for this crime is not.

 

[whitehall]

Not much different from FDR's view of Jews and Japanese.

 

[Deadstick]

Well as Hitler wanted Slavs exterminated or enslaved i think we know the answer.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Here are some historian-cited passages (or close to verbatim) from Mein Kampf or Hitler’s recorded monologues, with scholarly commentary, that reflect how he viewed Slavic peoples. I’m giving them in context and commentary (rather than raw propaganda) so you see how historians interpret them:
Key Hitler passagess & historian citations about Slavs
From Mein Kampf, “Eastern Orientation or Eastern Policy”
“By handing Russia to Bolshevism, it robbed the Russian nation of that intelligentsia which previously brought about and guaranteed its existence as a state. For the organization of a Russian state formation was not the result of the political abilities of the Slavs in Russia, but only a wonderful example of the state-forming efficacy of the German element in an inferior race. … For centuries Russia drew nourishment from this Germanic nucleus of its upper leading strata.”
This passage is often quoted in annotated editions and in translations.
Historian commentary:
Hitler is denying that Slavs had state-building capacity, instead attributing Russian statehood to “German” elements in their elite.
John Connelly, in Nazis and Slavs: From Racial Theory to Racist Practice, shows how this argument was central to Nazi rationales for colonial expansion and subjugation of Slavs.
“We take up where we broke off six hundred years ago … turn our gaze toward the land in the east”
In the same chapter (“Eastern Policy”), Hitler frames Germany’s future in terms of eastward expansion, targeting Russia and its border states. He links Germany’s destiny to a soil-policy in the East.
Historian commentary:
This rhetoric is part of how Hitler fused Lebensraum (living space) with his views on Slavs: those lands are to be settled, controlled, exploited. �
Wikipedia +2
From Hitler’s monologues / later remarks: “We shall absorb or expel a ridiculous hundred million Slavs.” — 6 August 1942
This is not from Mein Kampf, but from Hitler’s later spoken remarks collected in monologues. In 1942, he reportedly said:
“We shall absorb or expel a ridiculous hundred million Slavs.” �
SciSpace +1
Historian commentary:
This remark starkly shows the genocidal, dismissive stance toward Slavic populations. �
SciSpace +2
Borejsza’s work A Ridiculous Hundred Million Slavs discusses how this and similar statements reveal Hitler’s worldview and his intentions for Eastern Europe. �
rcin.org.pl +1
Historian summaries / indirect citations of Mein Kampf
Some secondary sources quote Hitler as saying:
“It is very questionable whether and how far the Slavs possess the necessary capacity for constructive politics.”
This is often cited in works on Nazi ideology and anti-Slavism (though many editions do not carry the full context). �
reddit.com
According to Anti-Slavic Sentiment (Wikipedia, summarizing multiple sources), Hitler wrote in Mein Kampf:
“The organization of a Russian state formation was not the result of the political abilities of the Slavs in Russia, but only a wonderful example of the state-forming efficacy of the German element in an inferior race.” Interpretation & caution
These passages are not isolated: they reflect a broader ideological system in Hitler’s thinking, one that links race, politics, and conquest. Historians highlight that such statements provided the intellectual justification for harsh policies in Eastern Europe.
Because Mein Kampf and Hitler’s monologues are ideological propaganda, historians always contextualize them. They compare versions, check manuscript variants, and examine how these statements were used (or ignored) at different times.
Some commonly quoted passages are paraphrases or reconstructed from memory (especially from Hitler’s later speeches). So historians cross-check multiple sources.
Always bear in mind: quoting this material must be done responsibly, with critical framing, because the original is hate propaganda.
If you like, I can send you a short annotated dossier (with full references) of Hitler’s statements about Slavs, so you can trace each quote in academic works. Do you want me to prepare that?

Hitler wanted to eventually exterminate the Slavs and replace them through what would have been a tripling of Germany's population after the war.

The "600 years ago" was this:


Turn off the scratchy volume and watch the movie with this:


Hitler was a Right Wing huffy-puffy blowhard, as deluded as our own punks who claim he was a "Socialist."

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Not much different from FDR's view of Jews and Japanese.

This Little Piggy Went to Market

I see the Scroogy flip side of that ignorant comment. What you plutelickers are really trying to get across is "Hurray for cheap-labor millionaires! Bring back their 19th Century sweatshops! Outlaw unions!"

 

[Litwin]

Here are some historian-cited passages (or close to verbatim) from Mein Kampf or Hitler’s recorded monologues, with scholarly commentary, that reflect how he viewed Slavic peoples. I’m giving them in context and commentary (rather than raw propaganda) so you see how historians interpret them:
Key Hitler passagess & historian citations about Slavs
From Mein Kampf, “Eastern Orientation or Eastern Policy”
“By handing Russia to Bolshevism, it robbed the Russian nation of that intelligentsia which previously brought about and guaranteed its existence as a state. For the organization of a Russian state formation was not the result of the political abilities of the Slavs in Russia, but only a wonderful example of the state-forming efficacy of the German element in an inferior race. … For centuries Russia drew nourishment from this Germanic nucleus of its upper leading strata.”
This passage is often quoted in annotated editions and in translations.
Historian commentary:
Hitler is denying that Slavs had state-building capacity, instead attributing Russian statehood to “German” elements in their elite.
John Connelly, in Nazis and Slavs: From Racial Theory to Racist Practice, shows how this argument was central to Nazi rationales for colonial expansion and subjugation of Slavs.
“We take up where we broke off six hundred years ago … turn our gaze toward the land in the east”
In the same chapter (“Eastern Policy”), Hitler frames Germany’s future in terms of eastward expansion, targeting Russia and its border states. He links Germany’s destiny to a soil-policy in the East.
Historian commentary:
This rhetoric is part of how Hitler fused Lebensraum (living space) with his views on Slavs: those lands are to be settled, controlled, exploited. �
Wikipedia +2
From Hitler’s monologues / later remarks: “We shall absorb or expel a ridiculous hundred million Slavs.” — 6 August 1942
This is not from Mein Kampf, but from Hitler’s later spoken remarks collected in monologues. In 1942, he reportedly said:
“We shall absorb or expel a ridiculous hundred million Slavs.” �
SciSpace +1
Historian commentary:
This remark starkly shows the genocidal, dismissive stance toward Slavic populations. �
SciSpace +2
Borejsza’s work A Ridiculous Hundred Million Slavs discusses how this and similar statements reveal Hitler’s worldview and his intentions for Eastern Europe. �
rcin.org.pl +1
Historian summaries / indirect citations of Mein Kampf
Some secondary sources quote Hitler as saying:
“It is very questionable whether and how far the Slavs possess the necessary capacity for constructive politics.”
This is often cited in works on Nazi ideology and anti-Slavism (though many editions do not carry the full context). �
reddit.com
According to Anti-Slavic Sentiment (Wikipedia, summarizing multiple sources), Hitler wrote in Mein Kampf:
“The organization of a Russian state formation was not the result of the political abilities of the Slavs in Russia, but only a wonderful example of the state-forming efficacy of the German element in an inferior race.” Interpretation & caution
These passages are not isolated: they reflect a broader ideological system in Hitler’s thinking, one that links race, politics, and conquest. Historians highlight that such statements provided the intellectual justification for harsh policies in Eastern Europe.
Because Mein Kampf and Hitler’s monologues are ideological propaganda, historians always contextualize them. They compare versions, check manuscript variants, and examine how these statements were used (or ignored) at different times.
Some commonly quoted passages are paraphrases or reconstructed from memory (especially from Hitler’s later speeches). So historians cross-check multiple sources.
Always bear in mind: quoting this material must be done responsibly, with critical framing, because the original is hate propaganda.
If you like, I can send you a short annotated dossier (with full references) of Hitler’s statements about Slavs, so you can trace each quote in academic works. Do you want me to prepare that?

Well as Hitler wanted Slavs exterminated or enslaved i think we know the answer.

Hitler wanted to eventually exterminate the Slavs and replace them through what would have been a tripling of Germany's population after the war.

The "600 years ago" was this:


Turn off the scratchy volume and watch the movie with this:


Hitler was a Right Wing huffy-puffy blowhard, as deluded as our own punks who claim he was a "Socialist."

 

[Ringo]