Holokaust als Menschenopfer
vom Christentum zur politischen Religion des Nationalsozialismus
Description:... Traces the history of anti-Judaism and antisemitism in the Christian West, particularly in Germany, emphasizing its gnostic and apocalyptic character. In every era the Jew is the Antichrist, the adversary; in his destruction lies salvation. In 19th-century "romantic" and political antisemitism, the Christian pattern survived, but the nation (Volk) took the place of God as the agent of salvation. Contends that antisemitism was not caused primarily by economic crises but by crises of values arising from capitalism and modernization, which were identified with the Jew. Asserts that the aim of Nazism was to bring salvation to Europe by ridding it of Jews; to bring about the apocalyptic thousand-year kingdom by a ritual mass sacrifice.
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