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Yes, I believe I had a part in it insofar as for years I have written that any further mixture of German blood with Jewish blood must be avoided. I have written such articles again and again; and in my articles I have repeatedly emphasized the fact that the Jews should serve as an example to every race, for they created the racial law for themselves-- the law of Moses, which says, 'If you come into a foreign land you shall not take unto yourself foreign women.' And that, Gentlemen, is of tremendous importance in judging the Nuremberg Laws.. These laws of the Jews were taken as a model for these laws. When after centuries, the Jewish lawgiver Ezra demonstrated that notwithstanding many Jews had married non-Jewish women, these marriages were dissolved. That was the beginning of Jewry which, because it introduced these racial laws, has survived throughout the centuries, while all other races and civilizations have perished.

Julius Streicher#14

HistoryAnti semitismReligionJustificationLaw

About this quote

What does it mean?
Streicher argues that mixing German and Jewish blood is forbidden, citing biblical law and claiming Nazi laws were modeled on Jewish law.
In plain terms
He says intermarriage is prohibited and that Nazi racial laws were inspired by Jewish scripture.
What can you take from it?
Use selective religious references to justify racial segregation.

Where it applies

  • legislative debates
  • ideological propaganda

Putting it to work

  • policy justification
  • public persuasion

Questions to consider

  • What dangers arise when religious texts are misused for political ends?
  • How can societies guard against pseudohistorical arguments?

Another view

His claim that Nazi laws copied Jewish law is historically inaccurate and manipulative.

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