History ETDs

Publication Date

3-7-1966

Abstract

According to Paul Massing, author of Rehearsal For Destruction, a historical analysis of the forerunners of anti-Semitism in Germany, a predisposition to anti-Semitism was manifested in social protests in 19th century Germany. Liberal historians and socialist writers were convinced that, used as a political tool, anti-Semitic agitation could arouse the political interests of dormant social groups to join the forces of progress. Anti-Semitism movements which formulated the racist ideology and kept alive and disseminated anti­-Semitism throughout German culture, were in existence long before Hitler rose to power. With the forces of the twenties and thirties, however, inflation, depression, unemployment, social dislocation and fear of communism, anti-Semitism in intensified form was used as the major political tool to cement the total politicization of the Nazi state.

Level of Degree

Masters

Degree Name

History

Department Name

History

First Committee Member (Chair)

Gerald D. Nash

Second Committee Member

George W. Smith

Third Committee Member

Charles Judah

Language

English

Keywords

Anti-Semitism

Document Type

Thesis

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