Why did Hilter order the killing of Jews? Has it to do with religious belief that Jew killed Jesus?

Answer 1

the killing of jesus has nothing to do with it because nazis werent christians at all, they followed a sort of neo-paganism meant to be the religion of a superior arian race. rituality and beliefs originating from ancient germanic pagan religion were brought back into use by the most fanatic members of the nzi party, that integrated them with extracts from their modern ideology, like the adoration of the chief, of the land and of the blood. in this delirious religion, jesus was just another jew, and christianity was another bad influence of jews over arians. some christian associations fought against the nazis and its members were sent t o concentration camps. so the killing of jesus had nothing to to with the nazi persecution, tough in medieval times (and later) it was the reason for discrimination against jews.

Answer 2

There were many reasons why the Holocaust occured. The idea did not begin with Hitler however.

Jews had been persecuted for thousands of years, by the Romans, by the Muslims, and by Europe. They were blamed for some of the natural disasters that affected Europe, like the Black Plague and in some instances earthquakes and other epidemics.

It just so happened that Jews and socialists who signed the Treaty of Versailles only increased this anti-semitism that existed in Europe. THe so called "Stab in the Back Theory" that the Jews/Socialists (To Hitler they were the same) had defeated the German Army from within Germany didn't help things. Then HItler's diatribe against Jews in "Mein Kampf" only exacerbated the dislike of the Jews and whipped up German anger as the country was in the midst of their worst economic depression in history.

Originally, yes, Jews were persecuted for the death of Jesus but over time other cultural and social issues took over so that the Jesus issue took a back seat.

There are also a lot of rumors that HItler may have gotten a sexually transmitted disease, as a youth, from a Jewish prostitute (rumored that he had liasons with both the male and female variety).

But that's just my take on it.

Have a nice day.

Answer 3

A lot of the other answerers have hit the nail on the head, but I'd just like to add one more thing: the religious belief that the Jews killed Jesus was merely used as a bit of anti-semitic propaganda. Hitler himself was not really religious (well, Christian, anyway), and so would have had no reason to order the extermination of the Jews based off of that idea alone.

Answer 4

None of the former answers is a historical answer.

First ask your self if there is something wrong about Jews, if it was just Hitler who hated them through history...
Also ask your self is there are nations today that hate Jews and why...

Hitler's problem with the Jews was that while he and most Germans were fighting or suffering during the First World War, the Jews of Germany and Austria were living in peace and they were getting richer and richer. When he got the power he tried to prevent that happen again.
You see, in a nationalist's mind (even today) there is no place for minorities in a National Country. Especially a minority that is taking advantage during the struggle of a nation.

Answer 5

The Jewish people in Germany were quite prosperous. They were also always a bit "outsiders" because of their religion and that made them a good target to be scapegoats.

The easiest way to get people united is to get them united against someone else or some other group. Hitler came up with the hypothesis of the supremacy of the Aryan race. Jews were not Aryans, therefore inferior. Their prosperity made them targets because guess who wanted the fruits of their prosperity? The Nazi regime.

Hitler didn't just kill Jews, by the way. He used as guinea pigs and killed all sorts of other groups, like mentally retarded people, Christians, Eastern Europeans, in fact, anyone who he thought might get in the way of his creation of the supreme and pure and blonde Aryan race.

He was a wicked, evil, demoniacal man. He was also mesmerizing, charismatic (to a certain type of person), smart, cunning, and able to bend the social and economic needs of Germany to his own wicked ends.

Answer 6

I don't think religion had much to do with it. As I see it, there were (at least) two reasons:
a) for several centuries, lots of people in Europe had felt jealous and envious of the Jews, many of whom were successful in business, art, politics, etc. What Hitler really wanted was power and to achieve this, he had to win the crowds - therefore he adopted the old views about the inferiority, etc of the Jews
b) Jews did own a significant proportion of the German industry and no doubt they had powerful rivals who saw Hitler as a tool to help them get what they could not get in a fair way. They supported Hitler, who, in return, launched his propaganda (and much more than that, eventually) against the Jews.
Well, this is what I could think of right away, though I think books could be filled with the answer to your question.

Answer 7

No plain and simply he needed someone to blame for all of the ills and inequalities of Germany at the time. A group of people he could focus all the hate, anger and rage of a nation on, so he could manipulate those same people for his own evil ends. He chose the Jews because they owned a great deal and possessed a large amount of the nations wealth they obtained this because they were shrewed and hardworking people. Hitler resented this and that they weren't true Germans as he put it. Ironically neither was Hitler. He was Prussian.
Shamus

Answer 8

Many posters have supplied accurate information - and many have been completely wrong.

The comment that Jews sat out World War I and became rich, enjoying comfort and prosperity while the Germans and Austro-Hungarians suffered and bled, is precisely the kind of claptrap Hitler repeated in his campaign against Jews.

Jews fought honorably and well in the Axis armies of World War I. Along with the rest of the populations of Germany and Austria-Hungary, civilian Jews suffered from rationing and ever-dwindling supplies of fuel, clothing, medicines, and foods. In fact, that "stab in the back" statement - which originated with the German military high command about the time of the armistice - was aimed at a civilian population in general that had become so worn and overwhelmed by deprivation that it could no longer support the war. Civil strife at home forced the Axis to its knees - but that was also at the point at which the Allied armies had finally begun to break through German defenses in France.

No matter - the Jews, long hated by most Europeans, and long blamed as the source of every ill, indeed became a scapegoat.

Hitler was a fanatical follower of every possible crackpot theory of racial identity and superiority - most of which had been brewed up in the 1800's in a miserable perversion of the infant sciences. He was far from alone in holding such feelings; they were well-advanced in the United States, in Japan, and other parts of the world. Many of Hitler's theories and various "eugenics" programs in fact originated in the US. Britain was also a stewpot of "racial" theory and perpetrated many monstrosities of its own using that line of thought.

Over a period of time, Hitler passed from using general hatred of Jews, coupled with his strange beliefs of racial identity, to a fanatical attitude. He eventually conceived of elimination of Jewry as a personal mission to improve the world.

As other posters have correctly observed, Hitler carried out the same actions against many other groups - any he deemed "inferior." He also enjoyed considerable popular support for his attacks on "inferior" non-Jewish groups - even today, ethnic hatred poisons public opinion in much of Europe (and the US).

Answer 9

To unite a country around you and your ideals, you need a unifying subject.Such as a war, a cause,a shocking event,or persons or people that stand out(that are different from the norm).These peoples,events,etc are used to blame the countries trouble's on
Hitler choose the Jews,Gays,Disabled,Serbians,etc to further his cause and rise to power.
This tactic has been used since man walked the earth and is still being used today.

Answer 10

No, he had to blame Germany's loss of World War I on someone and so he blamed them for that and for any other problems that postwar Germany faced such as hyperinflation (a box full of cash wouldn't buy you a loaf of bread). He called them an inferior race so that Germans could have someone to feel superior to.