The Kalergi Plan, sometimes called the Coudenhove-Kalergi Conspiracy, is a debunked

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, white genocide conspiracy theory. The theory claims that Austrian-Japanese politician Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, creator of the

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, concocted a plot to mix and replace white Europeans with other races via immigration. The

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is most often associated with European groups and parties, but it has also spread to North American politics.

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promoting the conspiracy theory often incorporate misrepresentations of Kalergi's writings, such as the false claim he stated that Jews shall rule over Europe.

Origins

The conspiracy theory stems from a section of Kalergi's 1925 book ''Praktischer Idealismus'' ("Practical Idealism"), in which he predicted that a mixed race of the future would arise: "The man of the future will be of mixed race. Today's races and classes will gradually disappear owing to the vanishing of space, time, and prejudice. The Eurasian-Negroid race of the future, similar in its appearance to the

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ians, will replace the diversity of peoples with a diversity of individuals." Modern far-right individuals seek to draw relationships between contemporary European policy-making and this quote. Austrian

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writer Gerd Honsik wrote about the subject in his book ''Kalergi Plan'' (2005).

The conspiracy theory

The independent Italian newspaper '' Linkiesta'' investigated the conspiracy theory and described it as a hoax which is comparable to the fabricated antisemitic document ''

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describes the Kalergi plan as a distinctly European way of pushing the white genocide conspiracy theory on the continent, with

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quoting Coudenhove-Kalergi's writings out of context in order to assert that the

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's immigration policies were insidious plots that were hatched decades ago in order to destroy white people. Hope Not Hate, an anti-racism advocacy group, has described it as a racist conspiracy theory which alleges that Coudenhove-Kalergi intended to influence Europe's policies on immigration in order to create a "populace devoid of identity" which would then supposedly be ruled by a Jewish elite. Memes promoting the conspiracy theory often incorporate misreadings of Kalergi's writing, such as the false claim that Jews shall rule over Europe.

Recent history

In 2019, the right-wing nonprofit organization

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posted a photograph on

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in which a person was holding a beach ball that featured text promoting this conspiracy theory. The tweet was deleted soon after.

Origins

The conspiracy theory

Recent history

See also

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