ABSTRACT
In order to understand the campaign against Judaism launched by the leaders of the new Germany it is not enough to consider the reasons usually given. In the beginning the National-Socialist propaganda often asserted that its only aim was to break the influence of the Jews in Germany's political and cultural life. From the beginning the National-Socialist leaders were convinced that the victory could not be gained by mere material weapons. Myths were brought into being by the word of command of the political leaders. The political myths enthrone and deify a super-race; the prophets predict an age in which all the nations shall be united under the worship of one God. Anti-Semitism could have led to social discrimination or to legal and political restrictions, to exceptional laws. If Judaism has contributed to break the power of the modern political myths, it has done its duty, having once more fulfilled its historical and religious mission.
