Hans-Joachim Schoeps ( January 30 , 1909 Berlin - July 8 , 1980 Erlangen ) was a German-Jewish historian of religion and religious philosophy . He was professor of religions and religious history at the University of Erlangen . Prior to World War II , Schoeps was leader of the German Vanguard ( Der deutsche Vortrupp ) , the German-Jewish followers of Hitler , also referred to as " Nazi Jews " . Schoeps went into exile in Falun/Sweden at the end of 1938 ( seven weeks after the Kristallnacht ) , just before the persecutions began in earnest . There his two sons were born . His parents were deported to Theresienstadt concentration camp June 4 , 1942 . His father ( Schoeps returned to Western Germany in autumn 1946 . In 1950 , he was made professor of religious history at the university of Erlangen . He remained a monarchist and wanted to re-introduce monarchy in post-war Germany . His involvement in the Vortrupp and his personal engagement for the success of the Nazi movement did not become known at Erlangen while he was a professor there until 1970 . He was firmly opposed to the German student movement after 1967 , and published a book in 1972 in which he claimed that Germany was threatened by anarchy . Schoeps was a member of the conservative Deutschland-Stiftung
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