Nazis and Slavs: From Racial Theory to Racist Practice

@article{Connelly1999NazisAS,
  title={Nazis and Slavs: From Racial Theory to Racist Practice},
  author={John Connelly},
  journal={Central European History},
  year={1999},
  volume={32},
  pages={1 - 33},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:41052845}
}
A study of the effects of Nazi racism on forced sterilization, euthanasia, theft of "racially valuable" children, and “antinatalism,” as well as the destruction of “racially undesirable” groups.
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