Studying the Jew

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.

subjects: Antisemitism,  Causes,  Ethnic relations,  History,  Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945),  Intellectual life,  National socialism and intellectuals,  National socialism and scholarship,  National socialism,  Germany, intellectual life,  Germany, ethnic relations

Places: Germany

Times: 20th century