▁familiar ▁and ▁bel oved . ▁From ▁all ▁this ▁it ▁begins ▁to ▁be ▁apparent ▁what ▁is ▁meant ▁by ▁" trans c end ence ". ▁ ▁In ▁regard ▁to ▁the ▁Hol oca ust , ▁N ol te ▁cont ended ▁that ▁because ▁Adolf ▁Hitler ▁identified ▁Jews ▁with ▁modern ity , ▁the ▁basic ▁thrust ▁of ▁Naz i ▁policies ▁towards ▁Jews ▁had ▁always ▁aim ed ▁at ▁gen o cide : ▁" A usch witz ▁was ▁contained ▁in ▁the ▁principles ▁of ▁Naz i ▁rac ist ▁theory ▁like ▁the ▁seed ▁in ▁the ▁fruit ". ▁N ol te ▁believed ▁that , ▁for ▁Hitler , ▁Jews ▁represented ▁" the ▁historical ▁process ▁itself ". ▁N ol te ▁arg ues ▁that ▁Hitler ▁was ▁" log ically ▁consistent " ▁in ▁seeking ▁gen o cide ▁of ▁the ▁Jews ▁because ▁Hitler ▁det ested ▁modern ity ▁and ▁identified ▁Jews ▁with ▁the ▁things ▁that ▁he ▁most ▁h ated ▁in ▁the ▁world . ▁According ▁to ▁N ol te , ▁" In ▁Hitler ' s ▁ex termin ation ▁of ▁the ▁Jews , ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁a ▁case ▁of ▁crim inals ▁comm itting ▁criminal ▁de eds , ▁but ▁of ▁a ▁uniqu ely ▁mon str ous ▁action ▁in ▁which ▁principles ▁ran ▁ri ot ▁in ▁a ▁f ren zy ▁of ▁self - dest ruction ". ▁N ol te ' s ▁theories ▁about ▁Naz i ▁anti - S emit ism ▁as ▁a ▁re jection ▁of ▁modern ity ▁inspired ▁the ▁Isra eli ▁historian ▁Otto ▁D ov ▁K ul ka ▁to ▁argue ▁that ▁National ▁Social ism ▁was ▁an ▁attack ▁on ▁" the ▁very ▁roots ▁of ▁Western ▁civil