Why did Hitler hate the Jews?

Question

I would prefer your own personal opinions please

Answer 1

he needed a scapegoat, the easiest way to bring people together behind a leader is to unite them against someone.

Answer 2

Firstly, it's quite alarming how many people believe that Hitler was part Jewish. He wasn't.

It's also inaccurate to state that in Germany at that time the Jews were more successful or wealthier than any other group; they weren't.

The German Jews were at that time the most assimilated that Jews have ever been in Europe; in other words, they were fully integrated into society, there was inter-marriage, and in Germany they seemed to have found a tolerant and cultured home.

Sadly, the same dormant anti semitism that exists in other countries still existed in Germany; there was also a lot of it in Austria and Poland.

Hitler persecuted the Jews simply because he could: they were vulnerable because they had nowhere to flee. England and America closed their doors to the Jews and would only let a few in.

That's why Israel is so vital to we Jewish people: it is our safe refuge and the one, the only place on earth that we know will never turn us away.

What Hitler did was appalling and tragic. The way the rest of the world responded was not much better - the UK knew about the concentration camps and could have bombed the railway tracks leading to them - but they didn't. Anthony Eden stood up in the British parliament and reported on the Nazi plans for the extermination of the Jews, and the British did nothing.

Answer 3

To be honest, I don't know and neither does anyone else.

We can surmise why, but we'll never know exactly why.

Jews have suffered the world over. They are a deeply religious and hard working people. Their successes in business meant they were an easy target. Hitler convinced the German people of that time that the Jews were the reason why native Germans had no jobs and no money. He emphasised that Jews had all the money as well and rallied the German people behind him.

He also rallied the German people against weak-minded people, the mentally ill, Poles, Gypsies, amongst many others.

He could be labelled as a bully but what he did was appalling.

The extent of his "Final Solution" can be viewed in the National Holocaust Museum in Washington DC. It is quite simply horrifying.

I'm sure that other museums offer similar exhibits around the world. I only mention DC because I went there and toured the NHM.

Answer 4

Hitler hated the Jews because he had a Medium.

Answer 5

Alot of people believe that it's because Hitlers grandmother I think, was a Jew, or something like that. I think thats what I heard. I don't think he actually hated the Jews, I think he just chose them to a scrape goat because he really was an intelligent but crazy madman that knew he had to have a scapegoat to unite Germany against.

Answer 6

He probable was not that bothered one way or the other. He seemed to say some thing and his underlings would made it happen. He must have been a heartless man, torture, slavery and death were a means to an end. When you look at how many people not under arms were killed in Russia. He must have known that all killing was going on but did not bother to stop it. It many ways this must have made the rest of the world more determined to put an end to him.

Answer 7

actually most of all that was the result of dr. joseph goebbels. though it was an issue with hitler, her often mentioned it but mostly at the urging of goebbels, hitler blamed jewish bankers like the rothchilds for germany's poor recovery after ww1. he simply had too many irons in the fire and delegated too much to goebbels who was obsessed with ridding berlin in particular of jews, which he despised because of personal reasons. mainly, his bad experience working in a jewish bank. he was a very petty man and suffered from a severe personality disorder. but he was educated and very articulate and an engaging public speaker. he helped recruit nazi converts. hitler need him for that if nothing else. so he put up with goebbel's eccentric defects. later, he just failed to eliminate goebbels as he intended. the war got too demanding for such "minor" details. meanwhile goebbels was busy brutalising jews and others. so to say hitler hated jews is a relative hyperbole all things considered.

Answer 8

Any idiot who attempts to justify the Holocaust with rational reasons needs to know there are none. The Jews have been the scapegoats for centuries and Hitler needed a rallying point to help him unite the Germans. So why not drag out the most popular group to hate? And he was very successful.

And some people wonder why Israel is so tough. NEVER AGAIN.

Answer 9

Hitler hated the Jews because of Zionism . Zionist were calling on German Jews to move to Palestine and take their money and wealth they made in Germany with them.

Answer 10

Without knowing it they played into his hands.The German people had no money mass employment & the jewish people had the shops.It was easy to make them the target.How can anyone give there own personal opinion we would have had to live in them times.I for one am glad I was not born Hitler was a monster.

Answer 11

After WWI the allied powers punished Germany severely. During the 20s, when the rest of the developed world was having a boom of prosperity, Germany was having a depression. Then in the 30s, when the rest of the world slid into depression, it was worst for Germany. Hitler wanted to direct peoples' anger at anyone who was different. It wasn't just Jews, it was gays, gypsies, communists, anyone who was different. We have politicians in the US doing the exact same thing today.

But the international bankers were mostly Jewish, and Hitler blamed them for Germany's problems, so Jews made the most convenient scapegoat. Jews had been unpopular in Germany for centuries.