▁The ▁Hol oca ust ▁as ▁a ▁myst ical ▁experience ▁Another ▁tr end ▁which ▁B auer ▁has ▁den ounced ▁is ▁the ▁representation ▁of ▁the ▁Hol oca ust ▁as ▁a ▁myst ical ▁experience ▁outside ▁the ▁normal ▁range ▁of ▁human ▁understanding . ▁He ▁has ▁argued ▁against ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁some ▁Orth odox ▁rabb is ▁and ▁the olog ians ▁who ▁say ▁that ▁the ▁Hol oca ust ▁was ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁God ▁and ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁myster ious ▁master ▁plan ▁for ▁the ▁Jewish ▁people . ▁In ▁B auer ' s ▁view , ▁those ▁who ▁seek ▁to ▁promote ▁this ▁line ▁of ▁thinking ▁argue ▁that ▁God ▁is ▁just ▁and ▁good , ▁while ▁simultaneously ▁bringing ▁down ▁the ▁Hol oca ust ▁on ▁the ▁Jewish ▁people . ▁B auer ▁has ▁argued ▁that ▁a ▁God ▁who ▁inf lic ts ▁the ▁Sho ah ▁on ▁his ▁Ch osen ▁People ▁is ▁neither ▁good ▁nor ▁just . ▁Moreover , ▁B auer ▁has ▁argued ▁that ▁this ▁line ▁of ▁reasoning ▁ro bs ▁Adolf ▁Hitler ▁of ▁his ▁evil : ▁if ▁Hitler ▁was ▁just ▁ful fill ing ▁God ' s ▁will ▁regarding ▁the ▁Jews , ▁then ▁he ▁was ▁merely ▁an ▁instrument ▁of ▁divine ▁wr ath ▁and ▁did ▁not ▁choose ▁to ▁be ▁evil . ▁ ▁Crit ic izing ▁Gold hagen ' s ▁" el im ination ist " ▁ant is emit ism ▁B auer ▁has ▁critic ized ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁political ▁scient ist ▁Daniel ▁Gold hagen , ▁who ▁writes ▁that ▁the ▁Hol oca ust ▁was ▁the ▁result ▁of ▁the ▁alleg edly ▁unique ▁" el im ination ist " ▁ant is emit