The Strangest Antisemite of Them All: The Bizarre Case of Friedrich Nietzsche

No serious thinker has done more harm to the Jewish people than Friedrich Nietzsche, whose writings were an important inspiration for Adolph Hitler and Nazism. Yet far from being an antisemite, Nietzsche was one of the most pro-Jewish German writers of his time. How can this paradox be explained and does it have any lessons for the present day?

There indeed is a lesson in the explanation. To get it, read the whole article by professor Barry Rubin.