Jewish assimilation into the bourgeoisie led straight into the race-based order that persecuted them

Evidence

The special character by reason of which the victims are killed, itself ceased to exist long ago. The human beings who are outlawed as Jews must first be located on the basis of complex questionnaires, because—under the leveling pressure of late industrial society—the hostile religions which once constituted the difference have been already converted into mere culture articles by successful assimilation. — Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Dialectic of Enlightenment, 164 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Rothschild household made Jews fit racial blood-based ideologies; Wealthy assimilating Jewish immigrants were welcomed while poor ones were racialized; Assimilation erases the Jewish difference Nazis then must bureaucratically reconstruct — Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Dialectic of Enlightenment, 164

Broader Connections

• Assimilation erases the Jewish difference Nazis then must bureaucratically reconstruct #expands (0.85) — Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Dialectic of Enlightenment, 164
• The Rothschild household made Jews fit racial blood-based ideologies #expands (0.82)
• Wealthy assimilating Jewish immigrants were welcomed while poor ones were racialized #exemplifies (0.80)