In 1894, historian Theodor Mommsen wrote that the root cause of the anti-Semitic 'affliction' was 'envy and the basest instincts,… a barbaric hatred for education, freedom, and humanism.'


p. 31 - Why the Germans? Why the Jews?: Envy, Race Hatred, and the Prehistory of the Holocaust (2011)

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In 1894, historian Theodor Mommsen wrote that the root cause of the anti-Semitic 'affliction' was 'envy and the basest instincts,… a barbaric...

In 1894, historian Theodor Mommsen wrote that the root cause of the anti-Semitic 'affliction' was 'envy and the basest instincts,… a barbaric...

In 1894, historian Theodor Mommsen wrote that the root cause of the anti-Semitic 'affliction' was 'envy and the basest instincts,… a barbaric...

In 1894, historian Theodor Mommsen wrote that the root cause of the anti-Semitic 'affliction' was 'envy and the basest instincts,… a barbaric...