Self-Hatred among Jews
Kurt Lewin
1941
That self-hatred is present among Jews is a fact that the non-Jew would hardly believe, but which is well known among the Jews themselves. It is a phenomenon which has been observed ever since the emancipation of the Jews. Professor Lessing treated this topic in Germany (1930) in a book, Der Jüdische Selbsthass (“Jewish Self-Hate”). Novels like…
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