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Originally Posted by Aptrgangr
Indeed, saying Bavarians were Germans, and Austrians not simply does not make sense.
I am well aware of the NS racial policy; Nordicism and such, but I think it's influence was not as big as we think today. Mixing up and falsifying facts with romantic and non-scientific views did not serve Anthropology a good service.
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Of course I don't believe for a moment that it had a big influence at all, among the average German. It remains an issue of maginality, so to speak. Which is fortunate.
What is unfortunate is that Germany, having a pre-III Reich solid tradition of nationalism (Jünger, Spengler, Sombart and many others), Nationalism is still still heavily burdened by Socialism (National Socialism, that is).
An interesting reading:
From Herder to Hitler.
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There were even jokes about that in WW2 times, like the standard German has to be as blonde as Goebbels, as slim as Göring and as tall as Hitler...
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So that would be as blond as Hitler, as slim as Hitler, as tall as Goebbels, ... and as Western as Himmler?
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In general I noticed Danes do not feel akin with anyone except themselves 
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The Spanish of the North?
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et nati natorum, et qui nascentur ab illis.'
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