The Jews’ stateless international status made them permanently useful to the nation-state.

Evidence

The intimate relationship between the peculiar conditions of Jewish existence and the ideology of such groups is even more evident in the organization of a group beyond nations than in the creation of a party beyond parties. The Jews very clearly were the only inter-European element in a nationalized Europe. It seemed only logical that their enemies had to organize on the same principle, if they were to fight those who were supposed to be the secret manipulators of the political destiny of all nations. — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 154 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Jews served states best by remaining outsiders working for them; Jews served Europe as a non-national international element valued precisely for their unboundness.; Jews were the only inter-European element in a nationalized Europe — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 154

Related

• Jews served Europe as a non-national international element valued precisely for their unboundness. (similarity 0.94)
• Jews were the only inter-European element in a nationalized Europe (similarity 0.91)
• Jewish cultural productivity derived from their inter-European non-national role. (similarity 0.87)
• Jews’ value lay in being bound to no national cause (similarity 0.85)
• Jews entered European history as a non-national inter-European element (similarity 0.85)
• Jews formed a state-defined group outside the class system (similarity 0.82)
• A stable state’s need for them kept Jews a separate protected group (similarity 0.80)
• Jewish social position derived from state relationship rather than class, leaving them socially void. (similarity 0.79)
• Jews served states best by remaining outsiders working for them (similarity 0.78)
• A group’s dependence on state protection leaves it scapegoated in social conflicts (similarity 0.78)
• Expelling stateless Jews exported Nazism and justified intervention abroad (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Jews served states best by remaining outsiders working for them #expands (0.95)
• Jews served Europe as a non-national international element valued precisely for their unboundness. #corroborates (0.95)
• Jews were the only inter-European element in a nationalized Europe #expands (0.85) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 154