ic ▁culture ▁of ▁the ▁Germ ans . ▁He ▁has ▁accused ▁Gold hagen ▁of ▁German oph ob ic ▁rac ism , ▁and ▁of ▁only ▁selecting ▁evidence ▁which ▁is ▁favor able ▁to ▁his ▁th esis . ▁For ▁example , ▁B auer ▁has ▁written ▁that , ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 1 ▁German ▁census , ▁about ▁ 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁German ▁Jews ▁were ▁living ▁in ▁mixed ▁mar ri ages ▁with ▁Christians , ▁giving ▁Germany ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁highest ▁rates ▁of ▁mixed ▁mar ri ages ▁in ▁the ▁world ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁In ▁B auer ' s ▁opinion , ▁if ▁the ▁average ▁German ▁had ▁been ▁full ▁of ▁murder ous ▁" el im ination ist " ▁ant is emit ism , ▁as ▁Gold hagen ▁arg ues , ▁there ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁fewer ▁mixed ▁mar ri ages . ▁ ▁In ▁turn ▁Gold hagen ▁has ▁accused ▁B auer ▁of ▁not ▁properly ▁understanding ▁his ▁arguments ▁and ▁of ▁being ▁je alous ▁of ▁what ▁Gold hagen ▁cons iders ▁his ▁discovery ▁of ▁the ▁" key " ▁that ▁explains ▁the ▁entire ▁Hol oca ust . ▁ ▁Con quest ▁of ▁C ana an ▁In ▁reference ▁to ▁the ▁con quest ▁of ▁C ana an ▁by ▁the ▁ancient ▁Israel ites , ▁which ▁resulted ▁in ▁the ▁mass acre ▁of ▁the ▁Ama lek ites ▁and ▁Mid ian ites , ▁gen o cide ▁historian ▁Adam ▁Jones ▁has ▁quoted ▁B auer : ▁" As ▁a ▁Jew , ▁I ▁must ▁live ▁with ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁the ▁civil ization ▁I ▁inherited ▁... ▁en comp ass es ▁the ▁call ▁for