Apologists for racist measures claimed honesty and even aid to Jews.

Evidence

One argument used against restitution and compensation was: in view of the gravity of the crimes, restitution was not possible anyway. In defence of racist measures, it was argued that they were at least honest, and had also helped the Jews to create Israel. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 500

Categorization

• CANDY: The argument that persecution ‘helped the Jews create Israel’ is a startlingly quotable piece of postwar apologetics.
• XREF: connects to: A racists self-image as objective truth-teller can coexist with degrading claims. — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning: The…, 65
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: A racists self-image as objective truth-teller can coexist with degrading claims. — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning: The…, 65