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A Nazi propaganda poster illustrating the supposedly biological causes of criminal and "asocial" behavior. [LCID: 80953]
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Asocials

“Asocials” was a label given to Germans who were viewed as living outside of the social norms of Nazi society. This typically included marginalized and impoverished people, especially those who lacked permanent addresses and stable jobs. During the Holocaust (1933–1945), the Nazi regime wrongfully imprisoned, forcibly sterilized, and sometimes murdered asocials. Explore more content related to those labeled as “asocial” during the Holocaust.

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View, through the barbed wire, of the prisoner barracks in the Flossenbürg concentration camp. [LCID: 06012]
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Flossenbürg
This image originates from a film produced by the Reich Propaganda Ministry. [LCID: film09]
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Forced Sterilization: A Form of Nazi Persecution
A Nazi propaganda poster illustrating the supposedly biological causes of criminal and "asocial" behavior. [LCID: 80953]
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Genealogical chart of an allegedly "asocial" individual
Two men stand among several occupied wooden beds wearing white medical uniforms. White text along the bottom read, “Leben nur als Last” which translates to, “Life only as a burden.”
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Law for the "Prevention of Offspring with Hereditary Diseases"
Two women with light skin tone in dark dresses and styled hair dance together inside of a nightclub. Part of a drum kit sits to the right of the dance floor while several people sit in tables to the left.
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Lesbians under the Nazi Regime
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Moringen Youth Camp
Nazi Propaganda: "The Terrible Legacy of a Female Drunkard"
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Nazi propaganda: "The Terrible Legacy of a Female Drunkard"
Dr. Robert Ritter and Eva Justin examine a young boy interned in a "Gypsy camp"
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Robert Ritter
Back of an oval metal identification tag. A single jump ring fits through a hole on the right side.
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The Nazi Kripo (Criminal Police)
Nazi Propaganda: "The Terrible Legacy of a Female Drunkard"
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The Nazi Persecution of “Asocials”
Unused black triangle concentration camp badge
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Unused black triangle concentration camp badge
An assembly point (the Umschlagplatz) in the Warsaw ghetto for Jews awaiting deportation. Warsaw, Poland, between 1940 and 1943.
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What Groups of People did the Nazis Target?
Young survivors of the Buchenwald concentration camp soon after liberation. [LCID: 45078]
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Youth Camps

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