Dossier
Aryan
Coverage of Aryan in the Nexus archive.
- From India to Iran: How Hitler redefined 'Aryan' for the Nazis
The article examines how Hitler and Nazi ideology distorted the historical term 'Aryan,' redefining it to describe an idealized physical type with blond hair and blue eyes. The term originally had roots in India and Iran, but was appropriated and weaponized by the Nazi regime. The article traces how the meaning of 'Aryan' was fundamentally altered through Nazi propaganda and ideology.