Studying the Jew
Subtitle: scholarly antisemitism in Nazi Germany
By: Alan Steinweis.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
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
Description: "Studying the Jew investigates the careers of a few dozen German scholars who forged an interdisciplinary field, drawing upon studies in anthropology, biology, religion, history, and the social sciences to create a comprehensive portrait of the Jew - one with devastating consequences. Working within the universities and research institutions of the Third Reich, these men fabricated an elaborate empirical basis for Nazi antisemitic policies. They supported the Nazi campaign against Jews by defining them as racially alien, morally corrupt, and inherently criminal."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.