Zionists were purposely given control of the Jewish Cultural Union to prevent assimilationism from creeping into Jewish cultural activities, it was declared by Hans Hinkel, Nazi commissar for “non-Aryan” culture.
Explaining the appointment of Georg Kareski, State Zionist leader, to head the organization controlling all Jewish artistic and intellectual activities, Hinkel stated that the Zionists, as national Jews, were the least dangerous element with which to establish collaboration.
In an interview with the Schlesische Zeitung of Breslau, Hinkel asserted that the central administration of the Jewish Cultural Union recognized the justice of the demand for the protection of German national culture and was entirely satisfied with the way Jewish national culture was allowed to develop.
He added that the fact that Jewish cultural societies were increasingly able to provide employment for Jewish artists made easy the task of preserving German artistic and cultural life from the “destructive influence” of the Jews.
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