East Baltic race
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In physical anthropology, the East Baltic race is one of the subcategories of the Europid (White; Caucasian) race into which it was divided by anthropologists in the early 20th century. The continued validity of these categories is disputed.
The term East Baltic race was coined by the anthropologist Rolf Nordenstreng, but was popularised by the proto-Nazi race theorist Hans F.K. Günther. It was characterised as "short, short-headed, broad-faced, with heavy, massive under-jaw, chin not prominent, flat, rather broad, short nose with low bridge; stiff, light (ash-blond) hair; light (grey or whitish blue) eyes, standing out; light skin with a grey undertone."[citation needed] In Günther's work the term formed part of a hierarchical "Nordicist" racist model, of which Günther was a principal exponent.
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