Rassenschande

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Rassenschande (literally race shame).

Proper noun

Rassenschande

  1. (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

Rasse +‎ Schande

Pronunciation

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Noun

Rassenschande f (genitive Rassenschande, no plural)

  1. (Nazism, obsolete) miscegenation: sexual relations between people of “Aryanrace 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

  • Rasseschänder
  • Rassenschänderin
  • Rassenschändung

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