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ALTHOUGH ANTI-SEMITISM WAS FUNDAMENTAL TO NAZISM, IT SEEMS NOT TO HAVE BEEN ESSENTIAL TO THE MAJORITY OF GERMANS. NOR DOES IT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN A DECISIVE FACTOR IN EITHER THE NAZI RISE TO POWER OF HITLER'S VAST POPULARITY THROUGHOUT THE 1930S AND IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE LAW. YET NAZI GERMANY WAS A SOCIETY ON ITS WAY TO THE HOLOCAUST (HILBERG, 1961). HITLER ASSUMED POWER TO SAVE GERMANY FROM THE JEWS. HATRED OF THE JEWS HAD BEEN THE CORE OF HIS WELTANSCHAUUNG FROM THE VERY BEGINNINGS OF HIS POLITICAL CAREER (JACKEL, 1969; WAITE, 1977). THIS PAPER ASKS WHETHER WE MAY TEND TO UNDERRATE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ANTI-SEMITISM FOR THE POPULAR APPEAL OF NAZISM IN GERMANY.