Honorary Aryans facts
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Adolf Hitler's personal chauffeur and close confidant, Emil Maurice, was Jewish. He was also one of the founding members of the SS. After uncovering of his Jewish heritage, Hitler declared that he was an 'honorary Aryan' and prevented him from being expelled from the SS by Himmler.
Hitler considered the Japanese "Honorary Aryans" because of their "racial integrity."
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One of the founding members of the SS had to be made an "honorary aryan" because he had Jewish Ancestry.
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The Japanese were "Honorary Aryans" in Nazi Germany.
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The Nazis considered certain Jews and the entire Japanese people "honorary Aryans." They also did something similar for the Finns.
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Hitler thought his Asian allies--the Japanese--had enough "German-Nordic" qualities that he declared them ALL to be Honorary Aryans, a title that he also gave to a few of his German favorites who were of Jewish descent.
