Anti-Jewish hatred was weaponized before any verdict existed

Evidence

In any case anti-Jewish hatred was unleashed even before the verdict was returned. Contrary to custom, which demanded the withholding of all information in a spy case still sub iudice, officers of the General Staff cheerfully supplied the Libre Parole with details of the case and the name of the accused. Apparently they feared lest Jewish influence with the government lead to a suppression of the trial and a stifling of the whole business. — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 303

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

• XREF: Pre-verdict scapegoating parallels pre-emptive anti-Muslim accusation dynamics; mechanism of leaking to the press to pre-frame a group as dangerous.

Related

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