Why Did Hitler Hate the Jews?: The Origins of Adolf Hitler's Anti-Semitism and its Outcome
This investigation into the Nazi leader's mindset is "an inherently fascinating study . . . a work of meticulously presented and seminal scholarship"(Midwest Book Review).
Adolf Hitler's virulent anti-Semitism is often attributed to external cultural and environmental factors. But as historian Peter den Hertog notes in this book, most of Hitler's contemporaries experienced the same culture and environment and didn't turn into rabid Jew-haters, let alone perpetrators of genocide. In this study, the author investigates what we do know about the roots of the German leader's anti-Semitism. He also takes the significant step of mapping out what we do not know in detail, opening pathways to further research.
Focusing not only on history but on psychology, forensic psychiatry, and related fields, he reveals how Hitler was a man with highly paranoid traits, and clarifies the causes behind this paranoia while explaining its connection to his anti-Semitism. The author also explores, and answers, whether the Führer gave one specific instruction ordering the elimination of Europe's Jews, and, if so, when this took place.
Peter den Hertog is able to provide an all-encompassing explanation for Hitler's anti-Semitism by combining insights from many different disciplines—and makes clearer how Hitler's own particular brand of anti-Semitism could lead the way to the Holocaust.
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Why Did Hitler Hate the Jews?: The Origins of Adolf Hitler's Anti-Semitism and its Outcome
This investigation into the Nazi leader's mindset is "an inherently fascinating study . . . a work of meticulously presented and seminal scholarship"(Midwest Book Review).
Adolf Hitler's virulent anti-Semitism is often attributed to external cultural and environmental factors. But as historian Peter den Hertog notes in this book, most of Hitler's contemporaries experienced the same culture and environment and didn't turn into rabid Jew-haters, let alone perpetrators of genocide. In this study, the author investigates what we do know about the roots of the German leader's anti-Semitism. He also takes the significant step of mapping out what we do not know in detail, opening pathways to further research.
Focusing not only on history but on psychology, forensic psychiatry, and related fields, he reveals how Hitler was a man with highly paranoid traits, and clarifies the causes behind this paranoia while explaining its connection to his anti-Semitism. The author also explores, and answers, whether the Führer gave one specific instruction ordering the elimination of Europe's Jews, and, if so, when this took place.
Peter den Hertog is able to provide an all-encompassing explanation for Hitler's anti-Semitism by combining insights from many different disciplines—and makes clearer how Hitler's own particular brand of anti-Semitism could lead the way to the Holocaust.
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Why Did Hitler Hate the Jews?: The Origins of Adolf Hitler's Anti-Semitism and its Outcome

Why Did Hitler Hate the Jews?: The Origins of Adolf Hitler's Anti-Semitism and its Outcome

by Peter den Hertog
Why Did Hitler Hate the Jews?: The Origins of Adolf Hitler's Anti-Semitism and its Outcome

Why Did Hitler Hate the Jews?: The Origins of Adolf Hitler's Anti-Semitism and its Outcome

by Peter den Hertog

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This investigation into the Nazi leader's mindset is "an inherently fascinating study . . . a work of meticulously presented and seminal scholarship"(Midwest Book Review).
Adolf Hitler's virulent anti-Semitism is often attributed to external cultural and environmental factors. But as historian Peter den Hertog notes in this book, most of Hitler's contemporaries experienced the same culture and environment and didn't turn into rabid Jew-haters, let alone perpetrators of genocide. In this study, the author investigates what we do know about the roots of the German leader's anti-Semitism. He also takes the significant step of mapping out what we do not know in detail, opening pathways to further research.
Focusing not only on history but on psychology, forensic psychiatry, and related fields, he reveals how Hitler was a man with highly paranoid traits, and clarifies the causes behind this paranoia while explaining its connection to his anti-Semitism. The author also explores, and answers, whether the Führer gave one specific instruction ordering the elimination of Europe's Jews, and, if so, when this took place.
Peter den Hertog is able to provide an all-encompassing explanation for Hitler's anti-Semitism by combining insights from many different disciplines—and makes clearer how Hitler's own particular brand of anti-Semitism could lead the way to the Holocaust.

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ISBN-13: 9781526772398
Publisher: Frontline Books
Publication date: 10/01/2021
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 264
File size: 20 MB
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About the Author

PETER DEN HERTOG is a historian and author who specializes in the history of Germany in the first half of the twentieth century, and, in particular, that of Adolf Hitler. A regular guest on radio programs in the Netherlands and Belgium, speaking about anti-Semitism and the Holocaust, he also lectures on these subjects at universities and teacher training colleges. Having studied history, biology and cultural studies, and written novels and thrillers, Peter also teaches the art of writing and is frequently sought-after as a ghost writer.

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Chapter 1 The Riddle 1

Chapter 2 The Detective 3

Chapter 3 The Nineteenth-Century Background: Anti-Semitic Traditions 5

Chapter 4 The Causes of Paranoia: The Proximate Level of Explanation 13

Chapter 5 Adolf Hitler, 1889-1914 16

Chapter 6 Adolf Hitler and the First World War 36

Chapter 7 From Pasewalk to Lechfeld 43

Chapter 8 The Method 51

Chapter 9 Hitler and Paranoia 54

ChaptetilO The Anti-Semitic Turnaround 70

Chapter 11 The Lethal Consequences of Hitler's Paranoia 74

Chapter 12 Nature and Paranoia: The Deepest Roots of Paranoia 77

Chapter 13 Paranoia, Morality and Emotions 85

Chapter 14 Provisional Incantation of Fear and Narcissism 88

Chapter 15 Other Interpretations 91

Chapter 16 The Viennese Interpretation 92

Chapter 17 More Recent Publications 95

Chapter 18 Freudian Psychohistory 108

Chapter 19 More Modern Psychological Research 112

Chapter 20 Evaluation and Some New Remarks 121

Chapter 21 Hitler's Motives to Kill the European Jews 125

Chapter 22 Was there a Killing Order? 134

Chapter 23 The Killing Order - Three Sources 136

Chapter 24 The Killing Order: When? 154

Epilogue 159

Notes 161

Bibliography 179

Index 185

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