Nazi antisemitism derived from existing German social representations

Evidence

Feder’s 25 points contain only standard measures demanded by all antisemitic groups: expulsion of naturalized Jews, and treatment of native Jews as aliens. Nazi antisemitic oratory was always much more radical than its program. Waldemar Gurian, “Antisemitism in Modern Germany,” in Essays on Antisemitism, ed. by Koppel S. Pinson, New York, 1946, p. 243, stresses the lack of originality in Nazi antisemitism: “All these demands and views were not remarkable for their originality—they were self-evident in all nationalistic circles; wha wa remarkable was the demagogic and oratorical skill with which they were presented.” — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2627 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Nazi antisemitism borrowed conventional views but wielded them with demagogic skill — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2627; The 1960s shifted Holocaust explanation from individual psychology to group social psychology — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide: The Social…, 42

Broader Connections

• Nazi antisemitism borrowed conventional views but wielded them with demagogic skill #expands (0.80) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2627