He changed his name from Szenkman and developed an anti-Semitic attitude.
Hoffmann sought out Jewish schoolmates from Claus' youth and asked if they had perceived anti-Semitic attitudes in him.
Fifty-seven percent of those interviewed revealed no secular anti-Semitic attitudes, according to the poll results.
The study's methodology was designed to tease out anti-Semitic attitudes that are concealed by polite people .
"An anti-Semitic attitude has been a long tradition among Austrian Catholics," he observed.
A survey in 10 European countries revealed high levels of anti-Semitic attitudes.
Given Poland's small Jewish population, why do anti-Semitic attitudes still exist?
The differences have led to bitter wrangling, sometimes accompanied by accusations of anti-democratic and anti-Semitic attitudes.
Dmowski's xenophobic and anti-Semitic attitudes spread well beyond his party's ranks.
But in the United States, he said, he found some of the same anti-Semitic attitudes that had poisoned Europe.