Anti-Semitism and Schooling under the Third Reich Studies in the History of Education Edward R. Beauchamp, Series Editor EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY GENDER, RACE, AND THE NATIONAL A History from the Ancient World EDUCATION ASSOCIATION to Modern America Professionalism and Its Permutations by Edward J. Power by Wayne J. Urban SCHOOL AND SOCIETY IN VICTORIAN TRANSITIONS IN AMERICAN EDUCATION BRITAIN A Social History of Teaching Joseph Payne and the New World by Donald H. Parkerson and Jo Ann of Education Parkerson by Richard Aldrich WHEREVER I Go I WILL ALWAYS BE DISCIPLINE, MORAL REGULATION, A LOYAL AMERICAN AND SCHOOLING Schooling Seattle's Japanese Americans A Social History during World War II edited by Kate Rousmaniere, Kari Dehli, by Yoon K. Pak and Ning de Coninck-Smith CHARTERED SCHOOLS JAPANESE AMERICANS AND CULTURAL TWO Hundred Years of Independent CONTINUITY Academies in the United States, Maintaining Language and Heritage 172 7-1925 by Toyotomi Morimoto edited by Nancy Beadie and Kim Tolley RADICAL HEROES ANTI-SEMITISM AND SCHOOLING UNDER Gramsci, Freire, and the Politics of Adult THE THIRD REICH Education by Gregory Paul Wegner by Diana Coben WOMEN'S EDUCATION IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE A History, 1500-1800 edited by Barbara J. Whitehead ESSAYS IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY SOUTHERN EDUCATION Exceptionalism and Its Limits edited by Wayne J. Urban GIRLS' SCHOOLING DURING THE PROGRESSIVE ERA From Female Scholar to Domesticated Citizen by Karen Graves COMMON, DELINQUENT, AND SPECIAL The Institutional Shape of Special Education by John Richardson Anti-Semitism and Schooling under the Third Reich Gregory Paul Wegner ¡I Routledge Taylor & Francis Group New York London Published in 2002 by Routledge 711 Third Avenue New York, NY 10017 Published in Great Britain by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park Abingdon, Oxon, 0X14 4RN Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business Copyright © 2002 by Gregory Paul Wegner Design and typography: Jack Donner All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Wegner, Gregory Paul. Anti-semitism and schooling under the Third Reich / by Gregory Paul Wegner. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8153-3942-9 — ISBN 0-8153-3943-7 (pbk.) 1. Antisemitism—Germany—History—20th century. 2. Jews—Germany—Public opinion. 3. Public opinion—Germany. 4. Germany—Ethnic relations. I. Title. DS146.G4 W385 2002 305.892'4043—dc21 2002021350 For Paula Mary Clare James Tim This page intentionally left blank Contents Series Editor's Preface ix Acknowledgments xi Tables and (lustrations xiii Introduction 1 Chapter 1 The Emergence of Racial Anti-Semitism 7 and Nazi Educational Philosophy Chapter 2 The Jewish Question: Curriculum Perspectives 29 from the Third Reich Chapter 3 The Jew as Racial Pariah in 67 Race Hygiene and Biology Chapter 4 The Jew as Cultural Outsider 117 in History and Geography Chapter 5 Exemplars of Anti-Semitic Literature 157 for Children Chapter 6 Conclusion 181 Appendices 191 Notes 201 Glossary 237 Bibliography 241 Index 257 This page intentionally left blank Series Editor's Preface The RoutledgeFalmer Studies in the History of Education series includes not only volumes on the history of American and Western education, but also on the history of the development of education in non-Western societies. A major goal of this series is to provide new interpretations of educational history that are based on the best recent scholarship; each volume will provide an original analysis and interpretation of the topic under consideration. A wide variety of methodological approaches from the traditional to the innovative are used. In addition, this series especially welcomes studies that focus not only on schools but also on education as defined by Harvard historian Bernard Bailyn: "the transmission of culture across generations." The major criteria for inclusion are (a) a manuscript of the highest quality, and (b) a topic of importance to understanding the field. The editor is open to readers' suggestions and looks forward to a long-term dialogue with them on the future direction of the series. Edward R. Beauchamp University of Hawaii