Rassenschande
English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from German Rassenschande (literally “race shame”).
Proper noun
Rassenschande
- (Nazism) miscegenation: sexual relations between people of “Aryan” race and “inferior” races, particularly Jews.
- 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:
- 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.
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
Rassenschande f (genitive Rassenschande, no plural)
- (Nazism, obsolete) miscegenation: sexual relations between people of “Aryan” race and “inferior” races, particularly Jews
- Synonym: Blutschande
- 1936, Klaus Mann, Mephisto[1]:
- Was man ihm aber vorzuwerfen hatte, war womöglich noch ärger und unverzeihlicher: er hatte »Rassenschande« getrieben, seine Gattin, die Tochter des Generals, war keine einwandfreie »Arierin« gewesen.
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Declension
Declension of Rassenschande [sg-only, feminine]
Related terms
- Rasseschänder
- Rassenschänderin
- Rassenschändung
Further reading
- “Rassenschande” in Duden online
- “Rassenschande” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache