! 7! why he learned Hebrew and not Yiddish, given that most European Jews spoke Yiddish. He told Malkin, "But, you see, language is mentality. One cannot understand the problem of the Jewish people without understanding its original language." 12 Mildenstein also supported Eichmann's interest in Jewish studies by giving Eichmann many texts on Zionism, such as Theodor Herzl's text on the creation and necessity for a Jewish sate, Der Judenstaat. Eichmann wrote a very successful report of the book that was published in an SS orientation booklet. 13 Through Eichmann's success in the department, he was allowed to travel to Palestine to meet with Zionist leaders who wanted Jews to emigrate there. The SD liked the idea since they wanted the Jews out of the natural living space in Germany. Through Eichmann's trips to Palestine and his knowledge of Jewish studies, Eichmann was able to become an expert on Jewish affairs. Eichmann's role in the SD ratified and supported his feelings of anti-Semitism. His first initial claims of anti-Semitism can be seen in the reports that Eichmann wrote about his trip to Palestine. Upon Eichmann's return to Germany. he lead a presentation on, "World Jewry: Its Political Activity and The Implications of the Activity on the Jews Residing in Germany." 14 The speech outlined numerous conspiracies, such as, that the Palestinian economy was terrible due to the lack of Aryans, "[Jews] defrauding each other, because there was a lack of Aryans to do business with." 15 He further added "Characteristic of the total inability of Jews to manage an orderly economy in their own country is the fact in Jerusalem alone, there are forty Jewish banks that survive
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