Complicity and Antisemitism

The rise of the Nuremberg laws sparked a surge in genealogical research as individuals sought to prove their non-Jewish heritage. This obsession with ancestry led to widespread complicity in antisemitism, as ordinary citizens, from judges to local officials, became enmeshed in discriminatory practices. A social democratic agent noted that the campaign against Jews was gradually shifting public opinion, with once-rejected views starting to take root in society.