Alan E. Steinweis is Professor of History and Director of the Center for Holocaust Studies at the University of Vermont.

• Introduction 1. An "Antisemitism of Reason" 2. Racializing the Jew 3. The Blood and Sins of Their Fathers 4. Dissimilation through Scholarship 5. Pathologizing the Jew Epilogue Notes Acknowledgments Index

In his meticulously researched study, Alan Steinweis reconstructs the academic networks that provided an aura of respectability for antisemitic persecution. Studying the Jew exposes the culpability of scholars who collaborated with Nazi race policy and nevertheless continued their careers after 1945 with barely a hitch. If one wants to understand the mentality of "desk murderers," this is an excellent place to start.

Alan E. Steinweis is Professor of History and Director of the Center for Holocaust Studies at the University of Vermont.

• Introduction 1. An "Antisemitism of Reason" 2. Racializing the Jew 3. The Blood and Sins of Their Fathers 4. Dissimilation through Scholarship 5. Pathologizing the Jew Epilogue Notes Acknowledgments Index

In his meticulously researched study, Alan Steinweis reconstructs the academic networks that provided an aura of respectability for antisemitic persecution. Studying the Jew exposes the culpability of scholars who collaborated with Nazi race policy and nevertheless continued their careers after 1945 with barely a hitch. If one wants to understand the mentality of "desk murderers," this is an excellent place to start.

Alan E. Steinweis is Professor of History and Director of the Center for Holocaust Studies at the University of Vermont.

• Introduction 1. An "Antisemitism of Reason" 2. Racializing the Jew 3. The Blood and Sins of Their Fathers 4. Dissimilation through Scholarship 5. Pathologizing the Jew Epilogue Notes Acknowledgments Index

In his meticulously researched study, Alan Steinweis reconstructs the academic networks that provided an aura of respectability for antisemitic persecution. Studying the Jew exposes the culpability of scholars who collaborated with Nazi race policy and nevertheless continued their careers after 1945 with barely a hitch. If one wants to understand the mentality of "desk murderers," this is an excellent place to start.