 Hitler 's speech at the end of the book disturbed many readers and critics . Steiner not only lets Hitler justify his past , he allows him the ( almost ) last word before the outside world invades . The fact that Steiner is Jewish made this speech in particular even more contentious . One critic , while acknowledging that Steiner always saw Hitler as " the incarnation of unprecedented and unparalleled evil " , felt that there was no clear distinction in the book between Steiner 's own views and those of his fictional Hitler , even going so far as to accuse Steiner , who rejects Jewish nationalism and is a critic of Israel 's treatment of the Palestinians , of anti @-@ Semitism . 
 Hitler <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>speech at the end of the book disturbed many readers and critics . Steiner not only <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>lets</mark></a> Hitler justify his past , he <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>allows</mark></a> him the ( almost ) last word before the outside world <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>invades</mark></a> . The fact that Steiner <a href='drop_aux' title='5'><mark>is</mark></a>Jewish made this speech in particular even more contentious . One critic , while acknowledging that Steiner always saw Hitler as " the incarnation of unprecedented and unparalleled evil " , felt that <a href='dey_it' title='6'><mark>there</mark></a> was no clear distinction in the book between Steiner <a href='null_genetive' title='7'><mark>'s</mark></a>own views and those of his fictional Hitler , even going so far as to accuse Steiner , <a href='null_relcl' title='8'><mark>who</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='9'><mark>rejects</mark></a> Jewish nationalism and <a href='drop_aux' title='10'><mark>is</mark></a>a critic of Israel <a href='null_genetive' title='11'><mark>'s</mark></a>treatment of the Palestinians , of anti @-@ Semitism . 
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