why they picked Gypsies and jews..homosexuals..handicapped?

Answer 1

What are you asking?

Answer 2

I'm guessing your talking about the Nazis. The Nazis believed in a elite race. They picked ethnicities they believed were inferior to them.

Gypsies were picked because, well they are thought of as un-trust worthy thief’s some called them dogs & such, Nazis believed Gypsies were inferior to them.

Handicapped, where people that visual defects obviously they couldn't have them infecting their elite race.

Homosexuals were mentally handicapped & again couldn't be infecting their elite race.

Now Jews that is where this gets interesting. Jews you see were the money collectors. A long time ago when Christianity came around, Christians didn't want to lend money to each other, they thought of it as wrong to charge an interest of any kind. Now Jewish people didn't have this hang up, so they were encouraged to live in certain areas so they could lend money to people when people needed it. (Interesting right) So you can guess what happened. Jewish people in general in these areas over time became very wealthy.

Now if you look at history, a funny thing is Jewish population has been very persecuted throughout history. They have become something of a target. (It is very sad) So here was Germany creating this elite race, They believed all should have blond hair & blue eyes. The Jewish people had a lot of wealth, and tend to be darker...Whamo! The German Nazis start attacking! They started off small just creating dissention among the people then just increased by the end of their campaign the population in General was shouting for blood, those Jews stole money from them, they were inferior not to be trusted, get rid of them, get rid of all of them. And that is what happened.

Answer 3

The Nazi party didn't invent anything new; They just used existing prejudices and a strong sense of nationality to gain popularity among the Germans. After WWI, Germany was in a shambles. The Nazi party was poised to use this to their advantage and, by blaming groups that were already widely hated, they found convenient scapegoats. Hitler was the mouthpiece, not the mastermind of it all. He was still evil though.

Gypsies and Jews were the subject of intense racism in Europe; in fact, they still are in many regions. They were not chosen by the Nazis so much as the Nazis played into what was already a widespread prejudice (much like whites v. blacks or Everyone else v. the Indians during parts of American history).

Homosexuals were viewed as deviant, defying the natural laws. A lot of people still hold this viewpoint. This was another way the party gained popularity by playing to pre-existing hatred.

The handicapped were seen as weak and inferior, and corrupting the genetics of a strong people. Many people actually viewed it as a mercy killing to put a lame or retarded person "out of their misery". Read about the eugenics movement to understand this one. It was a popular philosophy in its day.

Answer 4

I assume you mean the Nazis and they picked them because it was easy to pin blame for Germany's economic problems following their defeat in WWI on them. Also they were described as substandard peoples, races, and ethnic groups. The "weak links" in humanity. Basically the were scapegoats and a release for pent up anger at the Germans standard of life. At least for those that fell for Hitler's bull****.

Answer 5

They "were inferior" to the "suppreme" arian race. Personally, The Jews and Catholics (biggest groups persicuted) had the most money at the time, and in hauling them off they could plunder the funds to support their war effort. I might also add that Hitler was not completely sane.

Answer 6

I presume you talk about the Nazis during WWII.

Scapegoats. These groups were easy to scapegoat. The German people had been badly treated after WWI and were in need for a few scapegoats to tell them, "It's not really our fault, it's the fault of these other people."

These groups were big enough to be visible but too powerless to fight back.

Answer 7

There existed societal prejudice in early twentieth century Germany against these groups. Hitler used the energy of this prejudice to his advantage. These particular groups were picked because of their vulnerability.

Answer 8

I'm assuming you mean the Nazis -

They were against any race or people or class that they saw as "inferior." To them, that included all the above groups.

Answer 9

Who picked them? Is this a question or just 2 easy points!

Answer 10

The Nazis Picked on anyone who wasn't blonde!

Answer 11

You missed communists from your list?
Hitler didn't think communists were inferior, he thought they were a political threat, they were also anti religious, Hitler was a devout and dedicated Christian .
(I wonder why Christians always skirt around that point)?