German ancestors murdered tens of millions of Slavs

Omissions

• The claim lacks specificity regarding the time period - it could refer to WWII, German colonial crimes, or other historical periods
• The student thesis is a secondary academic source, not a primary historical documentation
• The figure of 11 million may or may not include Jewish victims who were ethnically Slavic but killed primarily due to Nazi racial antisemitism rather than anti-Slavic ideology per se
• Soviet civilian deaths totaled 15-19 million but included deaths from multiple causes including Stalin's policies, not solely German actions

Sources

• AcademicLeiden University Student Thesis RepositoryDuring the Second World War, around 11 million Slavs have been systematically murdered by Nazi forces in a war of extermination in Eastern Europe
• TertiaryWikipedia - World War II casualtiesSoviet Union total deaths estimated at 24 million (including military and civilian); civilian deaths totaled 50-55 million globally during WWII