Hitler's Professors : Second Edition

This classic book examines the role of leading scholars -- philosophers, historians, and scientists -- in Hitler's rise to power and eventual war of extermination against the Jews. Written in 1946 by one of the greatest scholars of European Jewish history and culture, it is now reissued with a new introduction by the prominent historian Martin Gilbert. Cover......Page 1 HITLER’S PROFESSORS......Page 4 Foreword to the Second Edition......Page 6 CONTENTS......Page 14 I THE PROBLEM STATED......Page 18 II GERMAN SCHOLARSHIP 1918-1933. THE EARLY YEARSOF THE HITLER REGIME......Page 23 III HOW THE SCHOLARS CAME INTO THE NAZI CAMP......Page 30 IV ALFRED ROSENBERG, THE APOSTLE OF RACIALISM......Page 35 V RACIAL SCIENCE: EUGEN FISCHER, ERNST RÜDIN, AND OTHERS......Page 40 VI LEGAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCE: HANS FRANK,CARL SCHMITT, AND OTHERS......Page 49 VII THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW ANTI-JEWISH SCIENCE:GERHARD KITTEL......Page 53 VIII WALTER FRANK. THE REICHSINSTITUT FÜR GESCHICHTE DES NEUENDEUTSCHLANDS (REICH INSTITUTE FOR THE HISTORYOF THE NEW GERMANY)......Page 58 IX THE REICHSINSTITUT FÜR GESCHICHTE DES NEUEN DEUTSCHLANDS,1935-1938. WILHELM GRAU......Page 63 X THE REICHSINSTITUT FÜR GESCHICHTE DES NEUEN DEUTSCHLANDS,1938-1941. HESS, STREICHER, KEITEL AS PATRONS......Page 67 XI GOEBBELS’ INSTITUT ZUM STUDIUM DER JUDENFRAGE (INSTITUTEFOR THE STUDY OF THE JEWISH PROBLEM). WILHELM ZIEGLER......Page 71 XII WALTER GRUNDMANN. THE INSTITUT ZUR ERFORSCHUNG DESJÜDISCHEN EINFLUSSES AUF DAS DEUTSCHE KIRCHLICHELEBEN (INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF JEWISH INFLUENCEON GERMAN CHURCH LIFE)......Page 75 XIII PREPARING FOR WAR: THE CONCEPTS OF FOLK AND SPACE......Page 80 XIV ON THE EVE OF WAR: JEWRY = BOLSHEVISM.PETER-HEINZ SERAPHIM......Page 88 XV WALTER GROSS. THE STAGE SET FOR CONQUEST.HITLER’S PROPHECY......Page 92 XVI POLISH JEWRY IN GERMAN HANDS. JEWRY=PLUTOCRACY......Page 97 XVII THE GHETTO IN SCHOLARLY THEORY AND IN PRACTICE......Page 102 XVIII HANS FRANK’S INSTITUT FÜR DEUTSCHE OSTARBEIT (INSTITUTEOR GERMAN WORK IN THE EAST)......Page 108 XIX THE INAUGURATION OF ROSENBERG’S INSTITUT ZUR ERFORSCHUNGDER JUDENFRAGE (INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH INTO THEJEWISH QUESTION) IN FRANKFORT ON-THE-MAIN......Page 110 XX THE STAFF, THE LIBRARY, AND THE ORGAN OF THEFRANKFORT INSTITUTE......Page 114 XXI THE FRANKFORT CONFERENCE OF MARCH, 1941. SCHOLARLYBACKING FOR THE “UNIVERSAL EUROPEAN SOLUTIONOF THE JEWISH QUESTION”......Page 119 XXII SECRETS OF THE ANTI-JEWISH PROPAGANDA. THE REPRESENTATIVESOF THE CONQUERED AND SATELLITE COUNTRIESAT THE FRANKFORT CONFERENCE......Page 126 XXIII BETWEEN THE FALL OF FRANCE AND THE ATTACK ON THESOVIET UNION. THE CONCEPT OF GREATER SPACE......Page 132 XXIV SCHOLARLY BACKING FOR THE ASSAULT ON THEEASTERN SPACE......Page 139 XXV PREPARING FOR THE EXTINCTION OF THE JEWS......Page 144 XXVI ANTI-JEWISH RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS ON GERMAN MODELSIN ITALY, FRANCE, LITHUANIA, CROATIA, HUNGARY,AND DENMARK......Page 147 FRANCE......Page 150 LITHUANIA......Page 151 DENMARK......Page 152 XXVII THE EXTINCTION OF THE JEWS IN THE EASTERN TERRITORIESBEGINS. SCHOLARLY THEORIES REAPPEARINGIN WEHRMACHT ORDERS......Page 153 THE END OF JEWISH DOMINATION......Page 154 XXVIII THE EXTINCTION PROCEDURE UNTIL THE END OF 1941. THE CLASHBETWEEN ECONOMIC INTEREST AND POLITICAL GOALS......Page 158 XXIX NEW TASKS FOR GERMAN SCHOLARSHIP AFTER PEARL HARBOR:JEWRY THE LINK BETWEEN PLUTOCRACY AND BOLSHEVISM......Page 171 XXX JEWRY—THE ONLY FRONT ON WHICH VICTORY COULD BE WON.EXTINCTION OF THE JEWS IN THE GOVERNMENT GENERAL......Page 176 XXXI NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN RACIAL SCIENCE: REFOLKING VS.PURITY OF BLOOD......Page 183 XXXII REFOLKING THE LETTS AND THE POLES......Page 190 XXXIII SPLITTING UP THE POLES: REFOLKING,ENSLAVEMENT, EXTINCTION......Page 192 XXXIV CONTINUING EXTINCTION OF THE JEWS: REVISION IN THEORY,CONSISTENCY IN PRACTICE......Page 197 XXXV THE SCIENTIFIC ASPECTS OF THE DEATH FACTORIES......Page 208 XXXVI THE JEW AS A DEMON. BELIEF IN DEMONS ANDPLAIN DECEIT. RITUAL MURDER......Page 215 XXVII THE INDOCTRINATION LITERATURE OF THE WEHRMACHTAND OF THE FOREIGN MINISTRY......Page 221 XXXVIII ANTI-JEWISH RESEARCH LITERATURE IN THETWILIGHT-OF-THE-GODS PERIOD......Page 227 XXXIX AN INTERNATIONAL ANTI-JEWISH CONGRESS IN 1944......Page 232 XXXX ANTI-SEMITISM AN AVOWED “SECRET WEAPON”......Page 248 XXXXI SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS......Page 252 FACSIMILES OF EXCERPTS......Page 256 INDEX OF PERSONS AND INSTITUTIONS......Page 274 INDEX OF PERIODICALS, SERIALS, AND PUBLISHING HOUSES......Page 301 This classic book examines the role of leading scholars, philosophers, historians, and scientistsin Hitlers rise to power and eventual war of extermination against the Jews. Written in 1946 by one of the greatest scholars of European Jewish history and culture, it is now reissued with a new introduction by the prominent historian Martin Gilbert. "Dr. Weinreich's main thesis is that German scholarship provided the ideas and techniques that led to and justified unparalleled slaughter.. . . In its implications and honest presentation of the facts [this book] constitutes the best guide to the nature of Nazi terror that I have read so far."Hannah Arendt, Commentary "Mr. Weinreich's book, by the wealth of its material and by its intelligent approach, offers the readerin addition to a thorough treatment of the Jewish aspectmany opportunities to think about the role of scholarship in a totalitarian society."Hans Kohn, New York Times Book Review "Building, in the immediate aftermath of the war, on a formidable bibliography of books, pamphlets, and articles, Weinreich provides erudite evidence of the scale and ramifications of Nazi support in German intellectual life."Martin Gilbert, from the introduction Published in association with the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research This Classic Book Examines The Role Of Leading Scholars- Philosophers, Historians, And Scientists- In Hitler's Rise To Power And Eventual War Of Extermination Against The Jews. Planning And Preparation -- Large Scale Experimenting -- Execution Of The Program. Max Weinreich. Originally Published: New York : Yiddish Scientific Institute--yivo, 1946. With New Introd. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.

This classic book examines the role of leading scholars, philosophers, historians, and scientists-in Hitler's rise to power and eventual war of extermination against the Jews. Written in 1946 by one of the greatest scholars of European Jewish history and culture, it is now reissued with a new introduction by the prominent historian Martin Gilbert.