Volksgemeinschaft, "Aryanization" and the Holocaust

Stresses the importance of 'volkisch' ideology in creating popular consent for the Nazi regime and preparing the ground for the despoliation and eventual destruction of the Jews. Gives a schematic analysis of the reasons for antipathy or even sympathy towards the Jews. From his discussion of anti-semitism Barkai goes on to argue that ideology, the construction of the mythic Jew, legitimated the expropriation and destruction of real Jews