| Studying the Jew: Scholarly Antisemitism in Nazi Germany Subjects: Antisemitism -- Germany -- History -- 20th century; National socialism and scholarship; National socialism and intellectuals; Holocaust Jewish (1939–1945) -- Causes; Germany -- Intellectual life -- 20th century; Germany -- Ethnic relations; Early in his political career, Adolf Hitler declared the importance of what he called "an antisemitism of reason." Determined not to rely solely on traditional, cruder forms of prejudice against Jews, he hoped that his exclusionary and violent policies would be legitimized by scientific scholarship. The result was a disturbing, and long-overlooked, aspect of National Socialism: Nazi Jewish Studies. |