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What did Hitler think about Iranians (Persians)?

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Nazis actually made a point of including Iran in the Aryan sphere. It was a complex geopolitical move, and it was also because of Nietzsche, Goethe, Hegel, and other German thinkers' romantic views of Iran/Persia. read more

All of which amuses this humble Persian, because Iran literally means “Land of the Aryans” and the founding fathers of Iran, including Darius the Great, literally said, “I am the son of Persians, an Aryan of the Aryan race”. read more

In 1933, the year Hitler came to power, the Third Reich began to publish a racist magazine titled lran-e Bastan (The Ancient Iran). The journal was financed by Siemens-Schukken and pro-Nazi Iranian intellectuals. read more

Iranians were immune to Hitler's Nuremberg Laws which enabled the direct persecution of unwanted Jews in Germany. Hitler sent a signed photograph of himself to Iran's Shah, Reza Pahlavi. Its safe to say he viewed Iranians in high respect. read more

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