Have you read The Pity of It All, by Amos Elon? It documents, in breathtaking detail, how Nazis and Sandler's Netflix movie can co-exist. And although I do not believe that American Jews are doomed, the echoes are undeniable. Amos Elon:
“The moment [early 1930s] was one of paradox, of surging Nazism and increasing assimilation, of anti-Semitic outrages and growing prominence for Jews in every field of Weimar culture. Max Liebermann was president of the Prussian Academy of Arts. Max Reinhardt, showered with honorary doctorates from the universities of Kiel, Frankfurt, and Tübingen, was directing Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s Christian morality play Everyman on the steps of Salzburg’s cathedral. Jews mistook such prominence as an index of their successful integration. The few who suspected otherwise must have repressed their concerns.”
It's called "normalcy bias." And it's a dangerous thing.
Have you read The Pity of It All, by Amos Elon? It documents, in breathtaking detail, how Nazis and Sandler's Netflix movie can co-exist. And although I do not believe that American Jews are doomed, the echoes are undeniable. Amos Elon:
“The moment [early 1930s] was one of paradox, of surging Nazism and increasing assimilation, of anti-Semitic outrages and growing prominence for Jews in every field of Weimar culture. Max Liebermann was president of the Prussian Academy of Arts. Max Reinhardt, showered with honorary doctorates from the universities of Kiel, Frankfurt, and Tübingen, was directing Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s Christian morality play Everyman on the steps of Salzburg’s cathedral. Jews mistook such prominence as an index of their successful integration. The few who suspected otherwise must have repressed their concerns.”
It's called "normalcy bias." And it's a dangerous thing.
(Thank you for a great post.)
https://outofbabel.substack.com/p/the-pity-of-it-all
The only thing i can say is please read or watch The Song of Names by Norman Lebrecht