Secondary Antisemitism: Jews as Exploiters of the Holocaust

Prof. Daniel Goldhagen: “As is so often the case, inverted the Jews’ victimization into a calumny that the Jews were actually the victimizers, using the real, invented, or exaggerated Holocaust to gain sympathy, riches, and power”^[1][1] Goldhagen, Daniel Jonah. The Devil That Never Dies (p. 147). Little, Brown and Company. Kindle Edition.

“Jews talk too frequently about the Holocaust … and that they do so in order to extort money from Germans and others”

“…The accusation, now repeated so often, by antisemites of many varying stripes—political Islamists, neo-Nazis, leftists, guardians of national honor, and run-of-the-mill contemporary antisemites—that the Jews exploit the Holocaust (or, in the case of the many people who denied that the Holocaust occurred, that the Jews invented the Holocaust to exploit it) in order variously to extract money, blacken the names of other peoples, bring pity upon themselves, win support for Israel”^[2][2] Goldhagen, Daniel Jonah. The Devil That Never Dies (p. 147). Little, Brown and Company. Kindle Edition.

• CNN European Poll 2018: 32% of Europeans said Jews use the Holocaust to “advance their position or achieve certain goals,” a notion that 50% of Poles also believe^[3][3] https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2018/11/europe/antisemitism-poll-2018-intl/
• Austrian Government Poll 2019: “Jews try to obtain advantages due to the fact that they were victims during the Nazi period”: 36% of Austrian natives agreed, as did 51% of Turkish and 59% of Arab speakers^[4][4] https://www.jpost.com/opinion/secondary-antisemitism-588417

ISGAP Study 2015: 62% of Front National sympathizers and 56% of the Muslim interviewees agreed that “The Jews today use their status as victims of the Nazi genocide during the Second World War for their own interest.”

“The Muslim sample shows by far the highest level of antisemitism on four of the six items, including “The Jews have too much power in the economy and in the financial world,” “The Jews have too much power in the media,” “The Jews have too much power in politics,” and “There is a Zionist conspiracy on a global scale.” Agreement rates for these statements are between 44 and 67 percent….”^[5][5] https://isgap.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Jikeli_Antisemitic_Attitudes_among_Muslims_in_Europe1.pdf

• UK YouGov Poll 2015: one in eight believe that Jewish people use the Holocaust as a means of gaining sympathy.^[6][6] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/14/uk-jewish-antisemitism-rise-yougov-poll
• Bielefeld University Poll in Germany (2003): A quarter of 3,000 people surveyed agreed that “Many Jews try to use Germany’s Third Reich past to their advantage and want to make Germans pay for it.” A further 30% there was “some truth “to the statement.^[7][7] https://www.irishtimes.com/news/germans-annoyed-at-blame-for-holocaust-1.399332
• Gallup Poll Norway 2012: 25% of Norwegians believe Jews exploit the memory of the Holocaust to their own advantage^[8][8] https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/anti-semitism-limited-in-norway-survey-shows-1.5178366

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