This examination of in-group identity issues and the essence and unique development of Germans' national identity has direct relevance for those who seek an answer to the following question: Why were the Germans perpetrators of the Holocaust? The answer lies in a 'triangle' of the fateful encounter of Germans and their problematic historical development, Nazi race theory, and the success of German Jewry. The book - now in paperback - focuses on weaknesses in German identity which led to the attraction of a blood-based race ...
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This examination of in-group identity issues and the essence and unique development of Germans' national identity has direct relevance for those who seek an answer to the following question: Why were the Germans perpetrators of the Holocaust? The answer lies in a 'triangle' of the fateful encounter of Germans and their problematic historical development, Nazi race theory, and the success of German Jewry. The book - now in paperback - focuses on weaknesses in German identity which led to the attraction of a blood-based race theory as a national ethos: a narrative of German racial superiority which was invalidated by the very presence and prominence of Jews in German culture and society. Eliminating this 'affront' was an existential issue for Germans that impelled a Judenrein Europe, whether by expulsion or extermination. Such a linkage has been overlooked because scholars have concentrated on the Holocaust as a Jewish experience, not a German one. In elucidating fundamental differences
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