Top Ten Hitler Quotes about Blond Hair and/or Blue Eyes

In the decades since World War Two, Hitler (né Schicklgruber) has became an infamous, if not mysterious and enigmatic figure. But there is one thing that we know for sure: he believed that the Nordic phenotype, which is characterized by its blond hair and blue eyes, was superior to all the others prevalent in central Europe, and he sent people to concentration camps if they had a different pigmentation. Here are ten of his most famous quotes that promote, explain, or even so much as mention this preference:

10. “The Romans had no dislike of the Germans. This is shown by the mere fact that blond hair was fashionable with them. Amongst the Goths there were many men with dark hair.”

9. “It’s clear that there was a preference in Rome for fair-haired women, to such a point that many Roman women dyed their hair.”

8. “The Crimea, for example, might be called Gothenland. Here and there one meets amongst the Arabs men with fair hair and blue eyes. They’re the descendants of the Vandals who occupied North Africa. The same phenomenon in Castille and Croatia.”

7. “[Baroness Abegg] was a real scorpion. She was as blonde as flax, with blue eyes and excessively long canine teeth, like an Englishwoman. I admit she was remarkably intelligent.”

6. “[Knappertsbusch], with his blond hair and blue eyes, was certainly a German, but unfortunately he believed that, even with no ear, he could, with his temperament, still produce good music.”

5. “There are plenty of Jews with blue eyes and blond hair, and not a few of them have the appearance which strikingly supports the idea of the Germanisation of their kind.”

4. “The other principal actor in this part of the world, the Grand Mufti, is also a realist rather than a dreamer, where politics are concerned. With his blond hair and blue eyes, he gives one the impression that he is, in spite of his sharp and mouse-like countenance, a man with more than one Aryan among his ancestors and one who may well be descended from the best Roman stock.”

3. “These girls, bursting with health, would introduce a welcome strain into the race, for many of them are obviously of sound Germanic origin — otherwise, whence the fair, blue-eyed children?”

(TODO: find two more.)