Nations saved Jews partly to assert dignity against Nazi humiliation

Evidence

Alternatively, those countries that helped to save the Jews, such as Denmark, Italy, and Romania in the latter part of the war did not do it necessarily out of pro-Jewish sentiment but more as a way of asserting their own national dignity, having in other ways been humiliated by Nazi Germany. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 513 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Rescuer countries acted from national dignity, not pro-Jewish sentiment — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 513; A nation’s moral standing is measured by its treatment of Jews — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 384; Nation-state distinguished useful from useless Jews rather than admitting equality (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Rescuer countries acted from national dignity, not pro-Jewish sentiment #corroborates (0.95) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 513
• Nation-state distinguished useful from useless Jews rather than admitting equality #complicates (0.75)