2007-09-26 07:33:35 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
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2007-09-26 07:38:09 · answer #1 · answered by professionaleccentric 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Less than 1 % of the German population was Jewish. How could such a small minority even have the means to treat the majority in some way? You should better ask how the non-Jewish majority treated the Jewish minority. Jews had equal rights in the Weimar Republic and could lead a normal life, but there was already antisemitism, so not everything was great. The way you ask this question makes me think that you believe in the myth that the Jews were so incredibly rich and powerful and somehow had a very big influence in Germany. Well that's not true. If they had really had so much influence, do you think Hitler could have seized the power? The reality is that they were a small and vulnerable minority that just tried to fit in. Many German Jews were very patriotic for Germany and they had fought for Germany in World War I like the rest of the population. Most of them were ordinary people who had normal jobs and professions and led an ordinary life but just had a different religion.
They didn't do anything to provoke what happened, which you seem to imply somehow.
2007-09-27 04:48:56 · answer #2 · answered by Elly 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Jews were Germans. Jewish denotes a follower of a certain religion. Not a nationality. Only the Third Reich and the Soviet Union thought it was a nationality.
So, the Jewish Germans were in the same sinking economic boat as the rest of Germany.
2007-09-26 08:31:14 · answer #3 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Better then how the Jews were treated by Hitler
No need to go into detail
2007-09-26 07:41:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋