Die "Nürnberger Gesetze," oder, Die Verwaltung des Rassenwahns 1933-1945

A study of the anthropological and racial aspects of Nazism. Argues that the legislation of the Nuremberg Laws in 1935 provided the Nazi regime with a codified concept of the "Jew", which enabled the realization of a utopia - the separation of "extraneous Jewish blood" from "German blood". Discusses two opposite approaches - rational and instinctive - which served as legal bases for the realization of the racial delusion. Mentions the Rassenschande, e.g. the interdiction of Aryan maids in Jewish households, which was primarily aimed at the demonization of male Jews. Describes the gradual implementation of the exclusion, through forced relocation to "Jewish houses" and the obligation of wearing the Jewish star. Relates planned and realized techniques of revocation of nationality between 1933-40, dispossession in 1941, and the Final Solution in 1942. Includes a reexamination of the situation of "Mischlinge" of the first grade, about which even Hitler remained indecisive in 1943, thus leaving open different possibilities of treating this question. Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-473) and index. 477 pages ; 24 cm