Horkheimer and Adorno saw Jewish weakness as the most dangerous anti-Semitic mechanism

Evidence

A feeling of strength was to be given, particularly to Jewish readers, by information of this sort. It was hoped that the booklet would produce a decline in what Horkheimer and Adorno, along with many Zionist Jews, saw as the most dangerous mechanism of anti-Semitism: the way in which the Jews, by appearing to be weak, confirmed the stereotype of the weak Jew and thus constantly attracted fresh aggression and violence. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1512

Categorization

• XREF: This self-reproachful framing of victim weakness connects to ch52’s theme that anti-Semitic anger erupts because rights promises mock the cheated masses. — connects to: Perceived Jewish weakness itself was seen as a key driver of anti-Semitic violence. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1512; Adorno claimed some anti-Semitic accusations had a real basis in Jewish traits — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1549
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1512

Broader Connections

• Perceived Jewish weakness itself was seen as a key driver of anti-Semitic violence. #corroborates (0.85) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1512
• Adorno claimed some anti-Semitic accusations had a real basis in Jewish traits #qualifies (0.75) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1549