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[–]ifuckredditsnitches_Resident Pajeet 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

What was the division between the volk and the people's community? Hadn't heard of this before.

[–]send_nasty_stuffNational Socialist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

The people's community was a way to give partial citizenship to non Germans who were loyal to the the reich. Not even every German had perfect German blood lines so the 'People's community' was a catch all for non perfectly documented Germans and Europeans to still have legal standing in the Reich. I think it also sought to keep Germany lines pure. I.e. A German marrying someone in the peoples community produced a German. A Peoples community member marrying a people's community member produced a people's community member. It also helped to keep Jews out of German blood lines. You couldn't even be in the people's community as a Jew. I can't remember where I read all this though so I'm going to have to re-research it to brush up.

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    [–]send_nasty_stuffNational Socialist 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    I'm not really sure to be honest. I believe it was mostly for whites, i.e. the extended European family. However, there were probably exceptions for exceptional non whites. I wouldn't be surprised if foreign SS troops somehow gained people's community status.