If it had not been hitler, would it have been someone else playing the racist card to kill the European jewry?
2007-01-16 00:37:04 · 7 answers · asked by IN PURSUIT OF WISDOM 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Historically someone is usually out to kill the Jews at least once every hundred years or so. However the holocaust is the most brutal and systematic slaughter since Biblical and Medieval times. It was also focused on torture and slavery. Most Biblical events were based on slavery. Hitler killed more than just Jews, he went after Russians, homosexual, political dissidents, gypsies, the disabled, black people (though there were few if any who were in the camps) and pretty much anyone who WASN'T Aryan and healthy.
The hatred of Jews is alive and well around the world and even in the US today. They are the ultimate scape goat. No matter how much they lose, they work hard and triumph. For example they lost family and their fortunes in the Holocaust. Yet survivors who came to the US worked hard and thrived, becoming affluent US citizens. So governments with many suffering people often blame the Jews for their peoples problems. Focusing their peoples hatred on the Jews keeps the focus off the real problems. The Middle East is a great example of this, they have cartoons teaching poor children that the Jews steal children's eyeballs and are the reason their family is poor.
So yes we are always on the verge of a violent event directed towards a Jews population but I doubt the holocaust would have been carried out unless it had been fueled by the likes of Hitler. The Germans didn't like Jews but he pushed it towards new heights. After WW I Europe punished Germany with strong reparations that kept them on the verge of abject poverty. Many Jews prospered dispute this. So it was easy for Hitler, instead of fixing the problem to blame the state on the already disliked Jews.
2007-01-16 01:05:16 · answer #1 · answered by Sara 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like to think that the human race has evolved more than "it could have happened anyway." I do think it was a unique set of circumstances. Hitler was obsessed with the "perfect race" but, in part, went after the Jews because of their wealth. There was a depression in Germany and the German people were desperate for leadership and jobs. But he also killed off homosexuals, Gypsy's, retarded, mentally ill and other groups. If you really want insight and knowledge of how he accomplished all this the History Channel has a lot of shows about him and the era. They also have some unique color footage of parade pomp and circumstance. There seemed to be a "group craziness". But I think somewhere I read that Stalin also killed off almost as many people but done in a different, not in as much of a visible way.
2007-01-16 01:25:56 · answer #2 · answered by Jo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything is (was) possible but it's extremely doubtful that the Holocaust would have been carried out by anyone besides the vile Hitler.
In the time leading up to Hitler, it is my understanding that European Jews were fairly well integrated into society (although I'm sure there was always some lingering racism), as they held jobs, owned shops and houses, made families, and so on.
However, Hitler was so power-hungry and deviously efficient that he found a way to rise to power by blaming all of Germany's woes on a select group of people. It's doubtful that anyone else would have chosen to exploit their citizens' fears and frustration by taking it to the extreme he did. I think that the Holocaust happened because of a unique set of situations--I don't feel it would have happened if that bastard Hitler hadn't masterminded it.
2007-01-16 00:52:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well my grandparents came to this country from Belgium in 1913 because of hatred of Jews. But the were christian (Catholic) by choice. I still don't think that things would have been as bad as they were under Hitlers rule though.I am a Christian!My birth right is Jewish but I am a christian in case there are haters in this site.I am not black I have what is called an olive complexion. I see that question asked all of the time.
2007-01-16 00:50:40 · answer #4 · answered by Pamela V 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you are right in that there were others who persecuted the Jews besides Hitler. In fact, many Jewish people fled Russia just to escape the Progrums that took place there.
2007-01-16 01:34:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suppose it is possible. But the 'efficiency' with which it was done could not have been easily duplicated.
2007-01-16 00:41:47 · answer #6 · answered by Tony M 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If it didn't then you would not be asking this question, and thus your point is irrelevant.
2007-01-16 00:45:12 · answer #7 · answered by Jamie 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋