From the article:

In 1927 the French philosopher Julien Benda published La trahison des clercs—“The Treason of the Intellectuals”—which condemned the descent of European intellectuals into extreme nationalism and racism. By that point, although Benito Mussolini had been in power in Italy for five years, Adolf Hitler was still six years away from power in Germany and 13 years away from victory over France.

So ...

If this problem existed BEFORE Hitler came to power, how could it be the "Third Reich" that caused the problem?

But already Benda could see the pernicious role that many European academics were playing in politics.

WHO were these people, EXACTLY ... that were causing problems in the 1920's???

I cannot read the rest of the article without subscribing to the website, which I will not do -- and I am guessing that NONE OF YOU WHO POSTED IN THIS THREAD read it, either.

How does the author connect what was going on in Germany in the 1920's with the Third Reich, which did not exist, yet?

We DO KNOW that in Germany, from the end of WW1 and into the 1920's, that the jewish communists who had caused massive harm in Russia just a few years earlier and were still doing so, were also attempting to overthrow Germany.

I would be willing to bet that THESE are the "intellectuals" who were causing the problems in 1920's, that the author of the article falsely attributes to the "Nazis."

Maybe if someone posts the full article, we will find out if my hunch is right or not.