Cicely Hamilton, a thoughtful traveller and certainly not a Nazi supporter, reflected the views of many of her fellow countrymen when she attempted to justify German anti-Semitism. She identified envy as the prime cause of Judenhetze [hatred of Jews]: A people that has suffered and is bitterly poor sees a race that climbs and flourishes upon the ruin of its own fortunes. Small wonder if envy does stir in its heart and it snarls accusations of profiteering against all who belong to the race. Is it not because he has fattened on the miseries of others that Israel today dwells lordly in the
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a/s in 1930 explained
