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Body of the Nazi Empire

Body of the Nazi Empire

Athletes perform during the Reichs Party Congress in 1938, in Nuremberg, Germany. Hitler considered German bodies property of the German empire. Even in his interactions with children, he was seemingly interested mainly in the characteristics they would pass on to the future Reich.

Photo: Hugo Jaeger./Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

Sep 01, 1938