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<blockquote data-quote="Naofumi" data-source="post: 47425" data-attributes="member: 39">lies spread about Hitler, but this is not one of them. The key is understandingwhy he held this view.In the second half of chapter 2, he describes in striking detail his gradualdiscovery of the role and effect of Jews in society. He recalls that, as ayouth, he had known only one Jewish boy, but had no particular feelingstoward him one way or the other. He hadn&#039;t even heard them discussedmuch until his mid-teens, and then only in a vaguely negative politicalcontext. When he moved to Vienna at age 15, he encountered a city of 2million that was 1 0 percent Jewish. At first, he barely noticed them. Whenhe did, he viewed them as representatives of a rather strange religion, butsince he was generally tolerant of religious diversity, he gave them littlethought. He was initially put off by the &quot;anti-Semitic&quot; press. As he says,&quot;on grounds of human tolerance, I opposed the idea that [the Jew] shouldbe attacked because he had a different faith.&quot;But then Hitler began to pay attention to the mainstream press. Theywere informative and liberal, but yet often flamboyant and garish. Theyseemed anxious to curry favor with the corrupt monarchy. And they wereuniformly critical of the German Kaiser and his people. He noticed thatsome of the anti-Semitic papers were actually more skeptical of Vienneseauthority, and more open-minded regarding the Germans. At the same time,he realized that the Jews were more numerous than he previously believed.In fact, certain districts of Vienna were 50 percent Jewish, or more. Andthey all seemed to endorse a strange ideology: Zionism.Furthermore, they were visually and physically repellent. Their blackcaftans and braided hair locks looked comical. They had their own oddconcept of &#039;cleanliness&#039;: &quot;That they were not water-lovers was obviousupon first glance.&quot; They smelled bad: &quot;The odor of those people in caftansoften made me sick to my stomach.&quot; This was topped off by &quot;the unkemptclothes and the generally ignoble appearance.&quot; All in all, a sorry sight.Worst of all, hidden away inside, was their &quot;moral rot.&quot; Jews seemed tobe involved in all manner of shady, unethical, and illegal activities. Hitlerbegan to study the situation in more detail. &quot;The fact was that 90 percentof all the filthy literature, artistic trash, and theatrical idiocy had to becharged to the account of a people who formed scarcely one percent of thenation. This fact could not be denied.&quot; Pornography, lewd art and theater,prostitution, human trafficking . . . all could be tied to the Jews.The famed mainstream Viennese press, Hitler discovered, was almostcompletely a Jewish enterprise. Jewish writers repeatedly praised Jewishactors, authors, and businessmen. People, events, and policies favorable to</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Naofumi, post: 47425, member: 39"] lies spread about Hitler, but this is not one of them. The key is understanding why he held this view. In the second half of chapter 2, he describes in striking detail his gradual discovery of the role and effect of Jews in society. He recalls that, as a youth, he had known only one Jewish boy, but had no particular feelings toward him one way or the other. He hadn't even heard them discussed much until his mid-teens, and then only in a vaguely negative political context. When he moved to Vienna at age 15, he encountered a city of 2 million that was 1 0 percent Jewish. At first, he barely noticed them. When he did, he viewed them as representatives of a rather strange religion, but since he was generally tolerant of religious diversity, he gave them little thought. He was initially put off by the "anti-Semitic" press. As he says, "on grounds of human tolerance, I opposed the idea that [the Jew] should be attacked because he had a different faith." But then Hitler began to pay attention to the mainstream press. They were informative and liberal, but yet often flamboyant and garish. They seemed anxious to curry favor with the corrupt monarchy. And they were uniformly critical of the German Kaiser and his people. He noticed that some of the anti-Semitic papers were actually more skeptical of Viennese authority, and more open-minded regarding the Germans. At the same time, he realized that the Jews were more numerous than he previously believed. In fact, certain districts of Vienna were 50 percent Jewish, or more. And they all seemed to endorse a strange ideology: Zionism. Furthermore, they were visually and physically repellent. Their black caftans and braided hair locks looked comical. They had their own odd concept of 'cleanliness': "That they were not water-lovers was obvious upon first glance." They smelled bad: "The odor of those people in caftans often made me sick to my stomach." This was topped off by "the unkempt clothes and the generally ignoble appearance." All in all, a sorry sight. Worst of all, hidden away inside, was their "moral rot." Jews seemed to be involved in all manner of shady, unethical, and illegal activities. Hitler began to study the situation in more detail. "The fact was that 90 percent of all the filthy literature, artistic trash, and theatrical idiocy had to be charged to the account of a people who formed scarcely one percent of the nation. This fact could not be denied." Pornography, lewd art and theater, prostitution, human trafficking . . . all could be tied to the Jews. The famed mainstream Viennese press, Hitler discovered, was almost completely a Jewish enterprise. Jewish writers repeatedly praised Jewish actors, authors, and businessmen. People, events, and policies favorable to [/QUOTE]

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