A group of boys with light skin tone line up in front of an adult with light skin tone in a suit. The adult is measuring the size of one of the boy’s heads with his hands while the other boys watch carefully.
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A German teacher singles out a child with "Aryan" features

A German teacher singles out a child with "Aryan" features for special praise in class. The use of such examples taught schoolchildren to judge each other from a racial perspective. Germany, wartime.


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