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'''Honorary Aryan''' ({{lang-langx|de|Ehrenarier}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=HITLER: El Hombre detras del Monstruo. |publisher=Edimat |year=2017 |isbn=978-84-9794-380-2 |edition=1nd1st |location=Spain |pages=26 |language=Spanish}}</ref>) was a semi-official category and expression used in [[Nazi Germany]] toand justifyits the exceptional awarding of [[Aryan certificate]]sterritories to somejustify regime-favouredcertain [[Mischling]]eindividuals who, according to the [[Nuremberg Laws]], standards wouldwere not have been recognized as belonging to the [[Aryan race]], but whomwho Germanwere officialsnonetheless neverthelessspared chosepersecution and granted equal rights, although they continued to sparebe persecutionregarded as inferior to the Aryan race.<ref>{{Cite book|last1= Steiner|first1=John |last2= Freiherr von Cornberg|first2=Jobst |date=1998 |title=Willkür in der Willkür : Befreiungen von den antisemitischen Nürnberger Gesetzen |trans-title=Arbitrariness in arbitrariness:Exemptions from the anti-Semitic Nuremberg Laws |url= https://www.ifz-muenchen.de/heftarchiv/1998_2_1_steiner.pdf|language= de|publisher= Institut fûr Zeitgeschichte|quote= Den Begriff „Ehrenarier" gab es offiziell nicht, nur in der Umgangssprache. Er bedeutete wohl, daß ein jüdischer Mischling auf Grund seiner Stellung und Verdienste im Reich wie ein Arier angesehen wurde und keinerlei Anstalten machen mußte, eine Besserstellung oder Gleichstellung durch Hitler zu erreichen.}}</ref> Some [[Mischling]] (individuals of mixed [[White people|European]] and [[Jews|Jewish]] ancestry) were granted ''Honorary Aryan'' status for their contributions to Germany and loyalty to the [[Nazi Party]].
The prevalentbestowal explanation as to whyof the status of " honoraryHonorary Aryan" isupon linkedcertain with"non-[[Aryan socialrace|Aryan]]" darwinism.people Accordingor topeoples publishedwas scientifictypically diagramsnot whichwell-documented, compareddue with plants,to the transmissionsemi-official nature of genes and their reaction are not the samecategory. ForRationales example, forincluded the categoryservices of peoplethose withindividuals aor quarterpeoples of non-aryan blood, the genes can separate and become pure again. These peopleswho were alsodeemed expected to give "valuable " services to the German economy or war effort , forpolitical proving their sincerityconsiderations, or for purely political orand [[propaganda]] reasonsvalue.<ref>"In the Wind", ''[[The Nation (U.S. periodical)|The Nation]]'' Vol. 147, Issue 7. August 13, 1938 <!--Citation might be improved by someone with access to the actual issue or the ''Nation ''archive; this was taken from http://www.nationarchive.com/Summaries/v147i0007_08.htm--></ref> This attribution could be awarded through ''Frontgemeinschaft'', which is essentially loyalty to Nazi Germany.▼{{copyedit section|date=March 2024}}<!-- I don't even know what the contributor(s) of the following subsection meant to say. -->
▲The prevalent explanation as to why the status of "honorary Aryan" is linked with social darwinism. According to published scientific diagrams which compared with plants, the transmission of genes and their reaction are not the same. For example, for the category of people with a quarter of non-aryan blood, the genes can separate and become pure again. These peoples were also expected to give "valuable" services to the German economy or war effort for proving their sincerity, or for purely political or [[propaganda]] reasons.<ref>"In the Wind", ''[[The Nation (U.S. periodical)|The Nation]]'' Vol. 147, Issue 7. August 13, 1938 <!--Citation might be improved by someone with access to the actual issue or the ''Nation ''archive; this was taken from http://www.nationarchive.com/Summaries/v147i0007_08.htm--></ref> This attribution could be awarded through ''Frontgemeinschaft'', which is essentially loyalty to Nazi Germany.
In the [[Independent State of Croatia]], a Nazi client state, this term was used by [[Ante Pavelić]] to protect some [[Jews]] from persecution who had been useful to the state.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rees|first=Laurence|title=The Holocaust: A New History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HRBuDgAAQBAJ&q=Honorary+Aryan&pg=PT271|publisher=PublicAffairs|date=2017|isbn=9781610398459}}</ref>
==Notable inclusions==
===Individuals===
* [[Helmuth Wilberg]], a [[Luftwaffe]] general and 1st-degree [[Mischling]],{{efn|A 1st-degree Mischling was someone classified as having two Jewish grandparents}} was declared to be Aryan in 1935 by Hitler at the instigation of [[Hermann Göring]].<ref>[[James Corum|Corum, James]] (1997) ''The Luftwaffe: Creating the Operational Air War, 1918–1940.'' Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. p.127 {{ISBN|978-0-7006-0836-2}}</ref>
* [[Amin al-Husseini]], a [[Palestinians|Palestinian]] and the [[Mufti]] of the [[Mandatory Palestine|British Mandate of Palestine]], was granted the status of Honorary Aryan by Hitler.<ref>{{cite book |title=Nazis, Islamists, and the Making of the Modern Middle East |last1=Rubin |first1=Barry |author-link1=Barry Rubin |last2=Schwanitz |first2=Wolfgang G. |author-link2=Wolfgang G. Schwanitz |publisher=Yale University Press |location=New Haven |url =https://books.google.com/books?id=UHe9AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA7 |date=2014 |page=7 |isbn=978-0-300-14090-3}}</ref>
* [[Amin al-Husseini]], a [[Palestinians|Palestinian]] and the [[Mufti]] of the [[Mandatory Palestine|British Mandate of Palestine]], "was granted the status of honorary Aryan" by the Nazis.<ref>Dalin David G. and Rothman, John F. (2009) ''Icon of Evil: Hitler's Mufti and the Rise of Radical Islam'', Transaction Publishers. p.47 {{ISBN|978-1-4128-1077-7}}.</ref><ref>Rigg, Bryan Mark (2002) ''Hitler's Jewish soldiers: the untold story of Nazi racial laws and men of Jewish descent in the German military''. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. {{ISBN|978-0-7006-1178-2}}</ref> Despite this, Hitler reportedly considered [[Arabs]] and people of the [[Far East]] as "half-monkeys" in a document labelled "L-3",<ref>{{cite book |last=Ahmed |first=Akbar |title=Journey into Europe: Islam, Immigration, and Identity |date=2018 |publisher=Brookings Institution Press |page=380 |isbn=9780815727590 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LpALDgAAQBAJ&q=Honorary+Aryan+Turk&pg=PA380 |quote=Hitler's contempt for non-Aryan peoples, however, was difficult to contain: He is on record as referring to Arabs as "half-monkeys." |access-date=23 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author=Stefan Wild|title=National Socialism in the Arab near East between 1933 and 1939|journal=Die Welt des Islams |series=New Series|volume=25|year=1985|issue=1/4|pages=126–173|doi=10.2307/1571079|jstor=1571079|quote=Wir werden weiterhin die Unruhe in Fernost und in Arabien schüren. Denken wir als Herren und sehen in diesen Völkern bestenfalls lackierte Halbaffen, die die Knute spüren wollen. (We will continue to stir up unrest in the Far East and in Arabia. Let us think as Men and at best we will see lacquered half-monkeys in these peoples who want to feel the whip.)}}</ref><ref>Al-Hamarneh, Ala and Thielmann, Jorn (2008) ''Islam and Muslims in Germany''. Brill. {{isbn|9789004158665}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=y4u3ynj-FawC&dq=Volkern+bestenfalls+lackierte+Halbaffen&pg=PA204 p.203,n.49]</ref> although this document was not used in the [[Nuremberg trials]] because of its doubtful origin.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The trial of German major war criminals : proceedings of the International Military Tribunal sitting at Nuremberg Germany |url=https://avalon.law.yale.edu/imt/05-17-46.asp |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=avalon.law.yale.edu |quote=Mr. Dodd treated the three documents concerned in quite the same way, whereas Mr. Alderman on Page 188 of the record (Volume II, Page 286), states that one of these three documents, L-3, was evidently not in order because of its doubtful origin. And therefore he withdrew the document.}}</ref>
* [[Stephanie von Hohenlohe]], a [[History of the Jews in Austria|Jewish-Austrian]] princess by marriage and a spy for Nazi Germany, was declared an honorary Aryan by [[Heinrich Himmler]].<ref>Jim Wilson (2011) ''Nazi Princess: Hitler, Lord Rothermere and Princess Stephanie von Hohenlohe'' {{ISBN|978-0-7524-6114-4}}.</ref>
* [[Emil Maurice]], Hitler's first personal chauffeur and a very early member of the Nazi-Party, was a member of the [[Schutzstaffel|SS]], but ran afoul of [[Heinrich Himmler]]'s rules, which required SS men to have deep Aryan ancestry, since. Maurice's great-grandfather was Jewish., and Himmler considered him a security-risk, and. heHe tried to have him thrown out of the SS, but Hitler stood by his old friend and, in a secret letter dated 31 August 1935, he required Himmler to allow Maurice and his brothers to remain in the SSorganization. They were to be considered "Honorary Aryans".<ref>[[Peter Hoffmann (historian)|Hoffmann, Peter]] (2000) [1979]. ''Hitler's Personal Security: Protecting the Führer 1921–1945''. New York: Da Capo Press. pp.50-51 {{ISBN|978-0-30680-947-7}}</ref>
* Sophie Lehár (née Paschal), the wife of the composer [[Franz Lehár]], had been Jewish before her conversion to [[Catholic Church|Catholicism]] upon her marriage. Hitler enjoyed Lehár's music and the Nazis made some propaganda use of it. After [[Joseph Goebbels]] intervened on Lehár's behalf,<ref>Elke Froehlich (Hrsg.): ''Die Tagebücher von Joseph Goebbels. Teil I Aufzeichnungen 1923–1945 Band 5. Dez 1937 – Juli 1938''. K.G. Saur, München 2000, S. 313.</ref> Mrs. Lehár was given in 1938 the status of "honoraryHonorary Aryan" by marriage.<ref>Frey (1999), pp. 338f.</ref> ThisAt certainlyleast savedone herattempt life; during the war, attempts werewas made at least once to have her deported, whichbut it was stoppedthwarted onlyby dueher to herspecial status.
* [[Helene Mayer]], a German-born fencer who had been forced to leave Germany in 1935 and resettle in the United States because she was Jewish, took part as an "honoraryHonorary Aryan" at the [[1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Olympics]] in Berlin, where she won the silver medal for Germany.
* [[Melitta Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg]], an aeronautical engineer and test-pilot whose father had been born Jewish, was given ''honoraryHonorary Aryan'' status.
===Demographics===
* Hitler eventually declared the [[Japanese people|Japanese]] peoplespeople honoraryas Honorary Aryans, which granted them equal rights.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Farrell |first1=Joseph P. |title=Reich of the Black Sun: Nazi Secret Weapons & the Cold War Allied Legend |date=2004 |publisher=Adventures Unlimited Press |isbn=9781931882392 |page=117 |edition=illustrated |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DoZhZ48Fxo4C&q=Japanese+Honorary+Aryan&pg=PA117 |access-date=30 July 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Adams |first1=James Truslow |title=History of the United States: Cumulative (loose-leaf) history of the United States |date=1933 |publisher=C. Scribner's sons |pages=260, 436 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=isk6AQAAIAAJ&q=Japanese+Honorary+Aryan |access-date=30 July 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Delgado |first1=Richard |last2=Stefancic |first2=Jean |title=Critical White Studies: Looking Behind the Mirror |date=1997 |publisher=Temple University Press |isbn=9781439901519 |page=53 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UNtUW9PV8WcC&q=Japanese+Honorary+Aryan&pg=PA53 |access-date=30 July 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Narula |first1=Uma |last2=Pearce |first2=W. Barnett |title=Cultures, Politics, and Research Programs: An International Assessment of Practical Problems in Field Research |date=2012 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781136462689 |page=105 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tRzHe8y0T-4C&q=Japanese+Honorary+Aryan&pg=PA105 |access-date=30 July 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>Snyder (1976). ''Encyclopedia of the Third Reich'', p. 170.</ref>
* There had been extensive cooperation between [[Sino-German cooperation (1926–1941)|China and Germany]] from 1926, but this became untenable when the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]] broke out and Japan insisted on a cessation. Germany signed the [[Tripartite Pact]], along with Japan and Italy, at the end of 1940. In July 1941, Hitler officially recognized [[Wang Jingwei]]'s puppet government in Nanking. After the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]], China formally joined the [[Allies of World War II|Allies]] and declared war on Nazi Germany on December 9, 1941. In retaliationThis, combined with the earlier restrictions placed on the Chinese by the Nazis, led to the [[Persecution of Chinese people in Nazi Germany|persecutedpersecution ethnicof the Chinese in Nazi Germany]].<ref>{{cite book |last = Griffith |first = Ike |title = Germans and Chinese |year = 1999 |publisher = Cal University Press }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last = Kirby |first = William |author-link = William C. Kirby |title = Germany and Republican China |year = 1984 |publisher = Stanford University Press |isbn = 0-8047-1209-3 }}</ref>
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==See also==
* [[Anti-Comintern Pact]]
* [[Eduard Bloch]], who Hitler referred to as a ''noble Jew'' ({{lang-langx|de|Edeljude}})
* [[Germany–Japan industrial co-operation before World War II]]
* [[German–Japanese relations]]
* [[Honorary whites]]
* [[Model minority]]
* [[Presidential exemption (Slovak State)]]
* [[Racial policy of Nazi Germany]]
[[Category:Racism in Germany]]
[[Category:White supremacy]]
[[Category:Race in Nazi Germany]]
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