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Nazi indoctrination and anti-Semitic beliefs in Germany
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Voigtländer N
; Voth HJ
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
2015[Jun]; 112
(26
): 7931-6
PMID26080394
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Attempts at modifying public opinions, attitudes, and beliefs range from
advertising and schooling to "brainwashing." Their effectiveness is highly
controversial. In this paper, we use survey data on anti-Semitic beliefs and
attitudes in a representative sample of Germans surveyed in 1996 and 2006 to show
that Nazi indoctrination--with its singular focus on fostering racial hatred--was
highly effective. Between 1933 and 1945, young Germans were exposed to
anti-Semitic ideology in schools, in the (extracurricular) Hitler Youth, and
through radio, print, and film. As a result, Germans who grew up under the Nazi
regime are much more anti-Semitic than those born before or after that period:
the share of committed anti-Semites, who answer a host of questions about
attitudes toward Jews in an extreme fashion, is 2-3 times higher than in the
population as a whole. Results also hold for average beliefs, and not just the
share of extremists; average views of Jews are much more negative among those
born in the 1920s and 1930s. Nazi indoctrination was most effective where it
could tap into preexisting prejudices; those born in districts that supported
anti-Semitic parties before 1914 show the greatest increases in anti-Jewish
attitudes. These findings demonstrate the extent to which beliefs can be modified
through policy intervention. We also identify parameters amplifying the
effectiveness of such measures, such as preexisting prejudices.