why did Hitler target Jewish people?

Answer 1

Hitler first became an active anti-Semite in Vienna, which had a large Jewish community, including many Orthodox Jews from Eastern Europe and where traditional religious prejudice mixed with recent racist theories. Hitler was influenced over time by the writings of the race ideologist and anti-Semite Lanz von Liebenfels and polemics from politicians such as Karl Lueger, founder of the Christian Social Party and mayor of Vienna, one of the most outrageous demagogues in history, and Georg Ritter von Schönerer, leader of the pan-Germanic Away from Rome! movement. Hitler later wrote in his book Mein Kampf that his transition from opposing anti-Semitism on religious grounds to supporting it on racial grounds came from having seen an Orthodox Jew:

"There were very few Jews in Linz. In the course of centuries the Jews who lived there had become Europeanized in external appearance and were so much like other human beings that I even looked upon them as Germans. The reason why I did not then perceive the absurdity of such an illusion was that the only external mark which I recognized as distinguishing them from us was the practice of their strange religion. As I thought that they were persecuted on account of their faith my aversion to hearing remarks against them grew almost into a feeling of abhorrence. I did not in the least suspect that there could be such a thing as a systematic anti-Semitism.

Once, when passing through the inner City, I suddenly encountered a phenomenon in a long caftan and wearing black side-locks. My first thought was: Is this a Jew? They certainly did not have this appearance in Linz. I carefully watched the man stealthily and cautiously but the longer I gazed at the strange countenance and examined it feature by feature, the more the question shaped itself in my brain: Is this a German?"
(Mein Kampf, vol. 1, chap. 2: "Years of study and suffering in Vienna")

Answer 2

There was an underlying prejudice against the Jews since the Romans kicked them out of Palestine and into Europe, in 60C.E. They became the scapegoat for all the problems of the German nation that faced defeat and an unfair Treaty of Versilles that placed impossible demands on the German people, shamed them , and reduced the value and buying power of the German mark. When Hitler begain the NAZI party, there were over 30 parties vying for power, and his party was the smallest. At this time, Jews had more freedoms than in any other country. Jews could attend university and be profesionals in any field. During these times, Hitler had to find a group where, an underlying mistrust still existed. When he saw the geoncide of the Armenians by the Turks, and saw that the world did nothing, he chose the Jews to be the focus of hate for the Germans. Jews ran the gamut of the German population, but Hitler convinced the Germans that the Jews controlled all the money transportaion, factories and media. Even though German Jews fought in WWI, Hitler aligned the Jews with the communists and blamed the Jews for Germany's loss. At the same time, he encouraged Germans to become nationalistic. There were many festivities that encouraged the wearing of national costumes such as dance, music and folklore.
Hitler took away Jewish properties and industry and gave Germans jobs that they had lost during the Depression. Companies such as Krupps and Siemens made Germans very proud of themselves. They felt that they had wrenched control from the Jews. Jews did not fit into the German psyche that worshipped the German body and psyche. If the Jews were destroyed, then the rest of the Germans could fulfill the call of their destiny, the pure aryan race.

Answer 3

Because they were easy to target. I mean they had always been are group which had been targeted by other groups and governing bodies such as the Catholic Church during the Inquisition. There are some other "reasons" like his mother died and the doctor couldn't help her was Jewish. However, I think it was just easy. At the time he came into power Germany was really depressed financially, economically and socially. They lost World War I and were under sanctions. The Jewish people could be blamed for everything, a scapegoat, because they were different.

Answer 4

Anti-semitism is as old as mankind. Jews aren't the only people who've been subject to such nonsense, but their story is particularly instructive.
The world's economy has fluctuated periodically since mankind invented such a thing as an economy. Men do tend to go off on a wild spending spree when times are good and then look around for someone to blame when their own profligacy jerks them up short.
For much of history, Jews have been consigned to certain jobs, tasks and careers by law and often, by choice. Jews are no better at money management than anybody else, but they often wound up as bankers and moneylenders who were blamed when national economies went into the tank. In addition, the majority in any geographic area tends to marginalize those minorities who are visibly "different", and Judaism's own unique brand of worship and tendency to associate socially with other Jews irritated non-Jews who did these things differently.
Most non-Jewish Germans are Christian. Many Christians have long blamed the Jews for Christ's death and suspect them of plotting evil acts towards all Christians. So, combine trhe different Jewish religious and social practices with a desire to find a scapegoat, and anti-Semitism quickly raises it's ugly head. Hitler was by no means unique in this respect, but he and the demented demonspawn that supported him carried it to unprecedented extremes. It is ever thus - anti-Semitism is on the rise world wide today, much to the shame of humankind!

Answer 5

At the time, they were the largest Non-Aryan, non-Lutheran group in Germany and were an easy target.

A lot of people don' t know but there were small groups of people of other origins in pre-Holocaust Germany as well (like half african-half german people) and although some were harrassed by the SS and a few thousand even went to the camps, they weren't considered a large threat by the SS because their numbers were so small.

Also targeted were the deaf (aryan germans as well as jewish germans), those born with birth defects and anyone else whom Hitler believed could genetically, religiously or ethnically "pollute" his master race.

Answer 6

The Jews have historically been scapegoats throughout European history. Whenever an epidemic broke out, the Jews were blamed (it was assumed by many that, since the mortality rate in the ghettos was usually lower than in the general population [due to better regard for matters of sanitation and bathing], the Jews were trying to kill of the Christians). The Jews were also explled from England in the 12th century, and from Spain and Portugal in the 15th century--there was a long history of anti-Semitism to build on.

When Hitler came to power, the Jews made a really convenient 'out group' to be blamed for the defeat of Germany and the the failures of the Weimar Republic. In this respect, it was the same as ever. What made Hitler's persecution of the Jews so bad was that he wasn't just satisfied for them to leave the country or even to convert to Christianity, he wanted to destroy the entire group, labeling them (erroneously, as we all know) as a separate race that had brought nothing but trouble wherever they went.

Hitler had no use for any of the Jewish contributions to European culture, unlike a ruler of the 1400's who said of the Jewish emigres to his own country following their expulsion from Spain, "Ferdinand of Spain is held to be a wise man, but he has beggared his country to make ours rich!"

I refuse to buy into the revisionist historical theory that denies that this ever happened, or that tries to minimize the numbers who suffered under the Nazis' plan to rid the world of those they felt to be 'undesirables.'

Answer 7

There change into once an underlying prejudice in course of the Jews because the the Romans kicked them out of Palestine and into Europe, in 60C.E. They grew to change into the scapegoat for the entire problems with the German us of a that confronted defeat and an unfair Treaty of Versilles that placed wonderful desires on the German persons, shamed them , and decreased the magnitude and procuring power of the German mark. even as Hitler begain the NAZI social gathering, there have been over 30 events vying for power, and his social gathering change into once the smallest. as we talk, Jews had more effective freedoms than in the different us of a. Jews might want to attend training and be profesionals in any discipline. for the period of those circumstances, Hitler mandatory to hit upon a organization in which, an underlying mistrust in spite of the undeniable fact that existed. even as he spoke of the geoncide of the Armenians by potential of the Turks, and spoke of that the area did not something, he chosen the Jews to be the interest of hate for the Germans. Jews ran the gamut of the German inhabitants, in spite of the undeniable fact that Hitler satisfied the Germans that the Jews managed the entire money transportaion, factories and media. Even even in spite of the undeniable fact that German Jews fought in WWI, Hitler aligned the Jews with the communists and blamed the Jews for Germany's loss. on the equivalent time, he influenced Germans to change into nationalistic. there have been many festivities that influenced the wearing of us of a huge costumes equivalent to bop, track and folklore. Hitler took away Jewish properties and agency and gave Germans jobs that they'd lost throughout the melancholy. organizations equivalent to Krupps and Siemens made Germans more than satisfied with themselves. They felt that they'd wrenched manage from the Jews. Jews did not are compatible into the German psyche that worshipped the German body and psyche. If the Jews were destroyed, then the leisure of the Germans might want to fulfill the alternative of their destiny, the organic aryan race.

Answer 8

In part Hitler believed in evolution so he saw them as a lower link on the chain and decide to naturally select them out of the picture.

Even though Hitler was brown haired brown eyed he stuck to the Arion race theory of the perfect humans.

Also, it was biblical prophecy, although the jewish nation is not all of Isreal the people, in fact they are judah, 2 of the 12 toatl tribes of Isreal the people.

Not only that but the genocide was not as large as media says it was, there were not millions killed a poll before the war showed there to be roughly 15, 785, 230 jews, and 3 years after there were polled to be 15,550,100, so either they had a massive reproductive spurt in 3 years or there wasnt millions killed.

Answer 9

Because he wanted to get into art school and he was rejected because he couldn't paint figures, only landscapes. He thought he was rejected because the people who served on the board were Jewish and he vowed revenge.

Answer 10

Because he had an insane hatred and paranoia of them. He wanted to blame them for all of his country's and world's problems. He was so obsessed with them he became Germany's and the world's biggest problem.