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Houston Stewart Chamberlain  

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  • Houston Stewart Chamberlain (1855–1927) is widely regarded as an important contributor to German nationalist thought and anti-Semitic racism, and he had a direct influence on Adolf Hitler. His writings depict Jews as destroyers of civilization who represent absolute evil and Germans as a chosen people with a mission to defeat the Jews and rescue civilization. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Chamberlain, Houston Stewart]

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