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In its
first few years, the Nazi policy against German Jews sought to
separate German society from Jewish society in every possible
respect and, practically speaking, to rescind the Jewish
emancipation in Germany. Large groups of Jews, at one level or
another, wished at precisely this time to strengthen their German
identity and affiliation. The February 10 legislation, outlawing
assemblies that encouraged Jews to remain in Germany, was one of a
series of laws, orders, and regulations meant to fight this trend of
thought. In contrast, Jewish activities in the Third Reich that
urged Jews to dissimilate, if not to emigrate, were given official
approval and even support. On this basis, the interests of various
Nazi establishment figures and Zionist groups sometimes converged
and even led to ad-hoc cooperation.
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