>The whole problem of the Jews exists only in nation states, for here their energy and higher intelligence, their accumulated capital of spirit and will, gather

>The whole problem of the Jews exists only in nation states, for here their energy and higher intelligence, their accumulated capital of spirit and will, gathered from generation to generation through a long schooling in suffering, must become so preponderant as to arouse mass envy and hatred. In almost all contemporary nations, therefore – in direct proportion to the degree to which they act up nationalistially – the literal obscenity of leading the Jews to slaughter as scapegoats for every conceivable public and internal misfortune is spreading." —Friedrich Nietzsche, 1886 Snyder seems to ignore the plans for expulsion of Jews to areas both under and outside of German control. This includes Palestine, which was specifically mentioned when talking about Polish anti-antisemitism. Why omit this fact? As for the argument that that the killing could only be done in a "zone of anarchy" well, the Nazi-German state did not leave a vacuum after invading Poland. Instead, they took over state functions. A genocidal state, but a state nonetheless.