Quoted in Harold Kaplan Conscience and Memory: Meditations in a Museum of the Holocaust (1994), p. 29
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Anti-Semitism is exactly the same as delousing. Getting rid of lice is not a question of ideology, it is a matter of cleanliness. In just this same way anti-Semitism for us has not been a question of ideology but a matter of cleanliness.
— Heinrich Himmler
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Anti-Semitism is exactly the same as delousing. Getting rid of lice is not a question of ideology, it is a matter of cleanliness. In just this same way anti-Semitism for us has not been a question of ideology but a matter of cleanliness." in the context of "Quoted in Harold Kaplan Conscience and Memory: Meditations in a Museum of the Holocaust (1994), p. 29" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Heinrich Himmler" (Quotes, 1940s)
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About Heinrich Himmler
Heinrich Luitpold Himmler (7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945) was Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel (Protection Squadron; SS), and a leading member of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) of Germany. Himmler was one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany and a main architect of the Holocaust.
About Heinrich Himmler
Heinrich Luitpold Himmler (7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945) was Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel (Protection Squadron; SS), and a leading member of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) of Germany. Himmler was one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany and a main architect of the Holocaust.
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