ABSTRACT

As we have seen previously in this book, the texts create an opposition between Germans and Nazis and between Germans and Jews. Alongside this opposition, they also create an analogy between Jews and Nazis. The claim that such an analogy exists may provoke misgivings, anger, and incredulity. It is therefore important to emphasize at the very outset that this analogy is unintentional. It is not part of the formal message of the texts and unequivocally not a component of their ideological stance; the texts do not intend to argue for any similarity between Jews and Nazis, nor do they intend to argue that the Jews were Nazis.