Darwin, Jewish Theology, And The Holocaust

Saul Jay Singer

2 Tammuz 5776 – July 7, 2016

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Hitler expressed distinctly Darwinian views in Mein Kampf, and this philosophical evolutionary thinking manifested itself in the Voelkisch movement, which blamed the Jews for undermining the German way of life. The group became powerful and influential after the defeat of Germany in World War I, Hitler rose to power, and the rest is history.

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Saul Jay Singer

Saul Jay Singer serves as senior legal ethics counsel with the District of Columbia Bar and is a collector of extraordinary original Judaica documents and letters. He welcomes comments at at [email protected].