October 30, 2023
Lessons from 1920s Germany and today
By Jeremy B. Kay
There has long been an assertion, mostly advanced by people who also deny the scope of the Holocaust, that some Jews actually supported the Nazis in the early days.
It is mostly the stuff of anti-Semitic legend, although certainly Jews, like everyone else, did not really see the true dangers of the decades to come.
I think about these mythical Jews when I view the scenes of protests on city streets and college campuses that are beginning to resemble pogroms and I am stunned to see, among the obvious haters of Jews and Israel, signs proudly announcing that they are Jewish supporters of Hamas, essentially calling for the destruction of their fellow Jews. The self-loathing, ignorance, and naïveté that is on display is beyond belief.
It is as if a Jew in the early 1920s actually supported the German Workers Party -- before they added the National Socialists to their name -- because they supported increased old-age pensions (sounds a little like “Social Security”), or better healthcare, or a stronger middle class, political positions of the party all the while ignoring another political statement -- number four on the list: “Only those who are our fellow countrymen can become citizens. Only those who have German blood, regardless of creed, can be our countrymen. Hence, no Jew can be a countryman.”
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