Nazi propaganda framed Jews as willful agents of social disorder, amplifying existing German fears.
Evidence
The years immediately preceding the Holocaust were characterized by considerable social and economic dis order within Germany (Dippel, 1996; Elias, 1996). The natural tendencies to perceive danger amid this disorder and to fear social chaos were reflected and amplified by Nazi propaganda, which held that “the Jews willfully, actively undermined the order of society, corroding its mores and cohesion, and in troduced disorder and disharmony into an otherwise well-integrated whole” (Goldhagen, 1996, p. 65). — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 487
Categorization
- XREF: Concrete historical case of outgroup attributions as active agents of chaos — bridges the fear-personality mechanism to mass persecution. — connects to: Antisemitic propaganda accused Jews of malicious power and capacity to inflict harm. — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide: The Social…, 498; Anti-Semitism emerged from group-identity processes and hardened into shared social representations. — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide: The Social…, 956; Nazi antisemitism derived from existing German social representations
Broader Connections
- Antisemitic propaganda accused Jews of malicious power and capacity to inflict harm.
#corroborates(0.85) — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 498 - Nazi antisemitism derived from existing German social representations
#corroborates(0.80) - Anti-Semitism emerged from group-identity processes and hardened into shared social representations.
#expands(0.75) — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 956