Page "Arthur de Gobineau" Paragraph 11

Hitler and Nazism borrowed much of Gobineau's ideology, though Gobineau himself was not anti-Semitic, and may even be characterised as philo-Semitic.

Gobineau wrote positively about the Jews, including the long eulogy to the Jews in his Essai sur l ' inégalité des races, describing them as " a free, strong, and intelligent people " who succeeded despite the natural disadvantages of the Land of Israel.

When the Nazis adopted Gobineau's theories, they were forced to edit his work extensively to make it conform to their views, much as they did in the case of Nietzsche.