Ringvereine:

These associations of criminals, which had been a feature of German society since the late 19th century, continued to operate, albeit underground, even after being banned by the Nazis.

The Nazis viewed crime through a racial and biological lens, targeting individuals deemed “asocial” or “hereditarily predisposed to criminality”. This ideology led to the detention of many individuals in concentration camps without due process.

The Nazi regime actively constructed a narrative of Jewish criminality, using it as a tool for persecution, dispossession, and ultimately, genocide.

The Nazi regime itself became a perpetrator of organized crime on a grand scale, engaging in systematic theft, violence, and mass murder against targeted populations, including Jews, Roma, and political opponents.

Change the names of the persecutors and some of the persecuted and you have America today.