The question says it all.
2007-11-11 15:28:37 · 6 answers · asked by blah 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I am sure there were many secondary reasons....his childhood, his parents, his young adulthood, etc. But he did have a fascination with the bible's portrayal of jews.
2007-11-11 15:33:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are so many theories on this discussion. I guess it really depends which historians you listen to.
The most commonly accepted theory is that he was not neccesarily anti semitic but he was pragmatic enough to see the usefulness of a scape goat for the economic problems of Germany. Jews have often been demonized in such ways because of there heteorgenous beliefs, there social isolation, and their traditional roles as userers and later bankers and other professionals because of the religions emphasis on education.
Others say that Hitler may have an unpleasant relationship with an elderly rabbi as a child but i would tend to support the first theory.
2007-11-11 23:34:58 · answer #2 · answered by DJTT 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He needed a scapegoat and poor Germans alrady thought that Jews controlled the banks and the money and were behind the country's economic woes. He also blamed gypsies, mentally retarded and religious sects. The church was already anti-semetic and he was quite religious (believe it or not).
I once saw a cute cartoon that showed Hitler in a gym, puny and barely able to lift the bar while a strong Jewish exerciser was laughing at him with a girl on each arm. It was funny even though the subject isn't.
2007-11-11 23:39:04 · answer #3 · answered by davster 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was normal in the culture in which he was raised.
Austria is a strong Roman Catholic society and they have hated the jews for centuries.
This applys to all of christian Europe where the jew had been persecuted for years.
So Hitler was kicking at an open door with his anti-semitism.
These attitudes were tranferred to the USA with the immigrants from Europe and jews were denied access to places like golf clubs
2007-11-12 01:46:41 · answer #4 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I put it down to the fact that the bloke never drank beer. If he had, he would have been less bonkers.
Also, he was poor when young so hated pawnbrokers who were mostly Jewish.
Evil maniac, at the end of the day, but what can you do?
2007-11-11 23:40:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I personally feel that he was just evil. Plain and simple. While there is a lot of good in the world, there is also a lot of evil as well.
2007-11-11 23:33:28 · answer #6 · answered by C 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋