Meanings
- Nazismmiscegenation: sexual relations between people of “Aryan” race and “inferior” races, particularly Jews.
In fact, some historians’ mistaken belief about the unwavering German implementation of both Rassenschande and their genocidal policy has caused them to turn a blind eye to numerous sources, German and Jewish, that testify to the realities of Jewish women’s experiences during the war.
2010, Helene J. Sinnreich, “The Rape of Jewish Women during the Holocaust”, in Sexual Violence against Jewish Women during the Holocaust, Hanover and London: University Press of New England, page 116
Origin
- GermanRassenschande
- EnglishRassenschande
Unadapted borrowing from German Rassenschande (literally “race shame”).
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Rassenschande. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rassenschande
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