Anti-Semitism In Nazi Germany In The 19th And 20th Century

Goldhagen argues that in the 19th and 20th centuries, severe forms of anti-Semitism started to arise and soon became the norm in Germany. Because these anti-semitic beliefs became the norm in German Culture, a vast majority of Germans hated the Jews and wanted them to be exterminated. Goldhagen claims that the anti-Semitism that took place during the 19th and 20th centuries was the same anti-Semitism that took place in Nazi Germany, showing that these anti-semitic ideas were shaped even before Hitler came to power. He then brings up the question of how could these ordinary men view Jews differently if these ideas were already prevalent before Nazi Germany? Anti-semitism was part of the common culture before and during Nazi Germany, which brings