An antisemitic Facebook threat
received in December 2015 by
a victim of the San Bernardino
shooting one day prior.
Evolving from the erroneous accusation that Jews lacked
patriotism (see dual loyalty), in the aftermath of World
War I, Jews were portrayed as cowardly and weak people
who actively evaded military service. According to this
trope, Jews’ inherent cowardice and disloyalty made them
responsible for national defeats. The apparent Jewish
meekness in the face of the Holocaust (ignoring the many
acts of bravery against overwhelming odds) even allowed
antisemites to claim that Jews contributed to their own
genocide (see Holocaust denial).