Antisemitism in the Third Reich

A history of the course of anti-Semitism in the Third Reich and an investigation of the origin of anti-Semitism in German thought and society from the late 18th century to its maturity in the pathological hatred embodied in Nazi ideology and policy. The author presents a graphic account of the Reichskristallnact of 1938 and argues that this event marked the turning point between persecution of Jews and the Holocaust.