The Place of Antisemitism in the Goals of Nazism

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Abstract: This article examines the antisemitism at the heart of Adolf Hitler’s thinking and political career. Hitler said he was “the Robert Koch of politics” because he “discovered” that the Jew was the source of all evil affecting humanity and used similar methods against the Jewish problem and all his other foes. The idea that the Jew is a “ferment of dissolution” gave great coherence to his projects and actions: his policies were geared toward reversing the process of dissolution. Hitler’s main goal, apart from the eradication of the Jews, was a re-distribution of roles between Germany and Great Britain for the “Aryan” domination over “inferior peoples.” He considered any obstacle in his way the direct or indirect work of Jews. Secrecy and surprise played a huge role in “his struggle” to implement his plans by imitating the tricks he ascribed to the Jews.