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Part I The Genocidal Priming Phase of the Holocaust
1 Introduction
Shades of Nietzsche and Heidegger in the Holocaust
The Holocaust as One Way Hatred Grows
Genocide is a Process
2 Antisemitism is a Vicious Racism
Introduction
Jews, Christians, and Antisemitism in Supersessionism
Antisemitism is a Racism
The Insidious Side of Institutionalized Racism
Antisemitism as Hate
Conclusion
3 Denial of Rights as a Prelude to Entitlement
Introduction
Personal Property Laws and Racism
Genocide and Deprivation of Victim's Rights
How Individuals Come to Be Bearers of Rights: A General Account
A Conceptual Framework for the Expansion and Contraction of Rights
Contraction of Rights: The Slippery Slope of Jews' Loss of Personal Property rights in German
Ghettos and the Right to Personal Liberty
Denial of Rights and Statelessness
Conclusion
4 Propaganda for Genocide
Introduction
Who Were the Propagandists?
Hitler as a Propagandist
Gerhard Kittle
Joseph Goebbels
Walter Grundmann
Julius Streicher
Heinrich Himmler
What Shadows of Propaganda were Cast?
The German Propaganda Diet
Effects Upon the Prisoners in the Cave of Ignorance
Conclusions
5 Self-Entitlement for the Chosen Few
Introduction
A Protocol to Distinguish the Us and Them in the Holocaust
When Rights become a Matter of Life and Death
Anatomy of a Mass Murder
Historical Convergences and Logical Intersections
License to Kill
Conclusion
6 The Case of the Aryan Jesus Dogma: Enlarging Entitlement through Propaganda
Introduction
The Religious Appeal of an Aryan Jesus
The Theological Support of an Aryan Jesus
An Aryan Jesus Creed Reconstructed
The Efficacy and Logic of the Case for an Aryan Jesus
Conclusion
Part II The Peak Phase of Genocide in the Holocaust
7 The Holocaust and the Ideal of Purity
Introduction
The Definition of Genocide
The Scale of Genocide
The Failure of Purification as the Ideal of Genocide
Crafting Moral and Practical Responses to Genocide
Conclusion
8 Resistance and Neighborly Aid
Introduction
Becoming Targets of Genocidal Violence
Resistance for Dignity's Sake
Heroic Resistance that Dignifies Human Rights
Assessing the Utility of Resistance
The Practicality and Justice of Resistance
Conclusion
9 The Case of the Muselmñner: A Study in the Loss and Reclamation of Dignity
Introduction
How the Dignified Should be Treated
Who the Muselmñner Were
Denial of Needs and Deprivation of Dignity
Measured Satisfaction of Needs for the Reclamation of Dignity
Conclusion
10 Ethical Gray Zones in Genocidal Killing Camps
Introduction
The Emergence of Ethical Gray Zones
Entrapment in an Ethical Gray Zone
Ethics in the Gray Zones
Return from the Gray Zones
Transformations
Conclusion
11 Bystanders to Genocide
Introduction
Bystanders and Complicity
Martin Nieml̲ler 's Courage and Regrets
A J. Topf & Sons: Manufacturing Hygiene
Complicity of the Swastika Bedecked German Church
Complicity of the Silent Neighboring Nations
Conclusion
12 Cry Genocide!
Introduction
When and Why to Give the Cry: "Genocide!"
The Choice to Give the Cry: "Genocide!"
Some Risks in Raising the Cry of Genocide
Conclusion
13 Postscript.
1 Introduction
Shades of Nietzsche and Heidegger in the Holocaust
The Holocaust as One Way Hatred Grows
Genocide is a Process
2 Antisemitism is a Vicious Racism
Introduction
Jews, Christians, and Antisemitism in Supersessionism
Antisemitism is a Racism
The Insidious Side of Institutionalized Racism
Antisemitism as Hate
Conclusion
3 Denial of Rights as a Prelude to Entitlement
Introduction
Personal Property Laws and Racism
Genocide and Deprivation of Victim's Rights
How Individuals Come to Be Bearers of Rights: A General Account
A Conceptual Framework for the Expansion and Contraction of Rights
Contraction of Rights: The Slippery Slope of Jews' Loss of Personal Property rights in German
Ghettos and the Right to Personal Liberty
Denial of Rights and Statelessness
Conclusion
4 Propaganda for Genocide
Introduction
Who Were the Propagandists?
Hitler as a Propagandist
Gerhard Kittle
Joseph Goebbels
Walter Grundmann
Julius Streicher
Heinrich Himmler
What Shadows of Propaganda were Cast?
The German Propaganda Diet
Effects Upon the Prisoners in the Cave of Ignorance
Conclusions
5 Self-Entitlement for the Chosen Few
Introduction
A Protocol to Distinguish the Us and Them in the Holocaust
When Rights become a Matter of Life and Death
Anatomy of a Mass Murder
Historical Convergences and Logical Intersections
License to Kill
Conclusion
6 The Case of the Aryan Jesus Dogma: Enlarging Entitlement through Propaganda
Introduction
The Religious Appeal of an Aryan Jesus
The Theological Support of an Aryan Jesus
An Aryan Jesus Creed Reconstructed
The Efficacy and Logic of the Case for an Aryan Jesus
Conclusion
Part II The Peak Phase of Genocide in the Holocaust
7 The Holocaust and the Ideal of Purity
Introduction
The Definition of Genocide
The Scale of Genocide
The Failure of Purification as the Ideal of Genocide
Crafting Moral and Practical Responses to Genocide
Conclusion
8 Resistance and Neighborly Aid
Introduction
Becoming Targets of Genocidal Violence
Resistance for Dignity's Sake
Heroic Resistance that Dignifies Human Rights
Assessing the Utility of Resistance
The Practicality and Justice of Resistance
Conclusion
9 The Case of the Muselmñner: A Study in the Loss and Reclamation of Dignity
Introduction
How the Dignified Should be Treated
Who the Muselmñner Were
Denial of Needs and Deprivation of Dignity
Measured Satisfaction of Needs for the Reclamation of Dignity
Conclusion
10 Ethical Gray Zones in Genocidal Killing Camps
Introduction
The Emergence of Ethical Gray Zones
Entrapment in an Ethical Gray Zone
Ethics in the Gray Zones
Return from the Gray Zones
Transformations
Conclusion
11 Bystanders to Genocide
Introduction
Bystanders and Complicity
Martin Nieml̲ler 's Courage and Regrets
A J. Topf & Sons: Manufacturing Hygiene
Complicity of the Swastika Bedecked German Church
Complicity of the Silent Neighboring Nations
Conclusion
12 Cry Genocide!
Introduction
When and Why to Give the Cry: "Genocide!"
The Choice to Give the Cry: "Genocide!"
Some Risks in Raising the Cry of Genocide
Conclusion
13 Postscript.