jews/holocaust/before WW2 question??

Question

why were jews blamed by hitler in the first place? like why did hitler blame them?

please no ignorance

i said NO ignorance...im amazed at some people in this world

Answer 1

the jews weren't really "blamed" by hitler. the jews were not of the "pure aryan race" that hitler thought all humans should be. hitler thought that a perfect human had light skin, blonde hair, and blue eyes. most jews had dark hair, plus they circumsized. hitler thought that the jews (and the gypsies and gays) were impure and should be discarded of.

Answer 2

The reasons used at the time was that Jews were behind everything bad. They kept all the money.... They ran all the businesses.... They were the reason that Germany lost WWI... They even ate babies.... All hogwash, but people bought it.

There was an interesting movie that might shed a little more light on why Hitler hated the Jews so much. It is called, "Max" it came out in 2002, starring John Cusack. It is a movie set in post WWI Germany and it follows the young life of Hitler and a friendship he had with a Jewish art dealer. The screenwriter speculated that Hitler's hate of the Jews started as a result of the poor reaction he received from the art community to his lousy artistic skills. It is an interesting insight into the birth of a madman. I recommend you check it out if you get a chance.

Answer 3

Hitler needed a scapegoat . The world was in a great recession , but the people of each country were concerned mainly about their own country . Hitler blamed the entire depression on the Jews. He was a good screamer , and the people were so bad off that they would have believed anything. The Jews were visible , so they became the ones who started all the poverty and starvation .
Hitler was so convincing that he made himself hate to the point that trains needed to transport food , ammunition , and troops , were used to carry Jews to the gas chambers . Hitler said that he extermination of the Jews was more important . It was one of the things that brought about his defeat .

Answer 4

This is rather a big question, but anti-semitism was rife in the places that Hitler lived after the war (Vienna, etc.) The though was that Jews controlled the finances and that they put pressure on the government to surrender.

People who control the money often get resentment from those who are short of it. It really wasn't there fault that many Jew handled money. Due to old anti-semitic laws, for centuries they were forbidden to own land and so were packed in urban areas and so performed the job available to them.

Anyway, Germans were humiliated and in the midst of a depression that was world-wide. Hitler the rising thug, needed to rally people around a group of people he had loathed for so long: The Jews. They were the scapegoats. The propaganda against them got worse and worse.

They were already hated and it was convenient.

Answer 5

Hitler played to the prejudices he found widespread in society.
Pogroms, ghetoes, and denunciation of 'perfidious Jews' did not start even during Hitler's lifetime. It started many centuries and had been supported by most all churches.

When a demagogue sets out to divide society into us and them, no matter who us is, nor yet them, them get demonized.

Now there was not a thing Hitler used against Jews that had not been part of the culture for generations. He just dreged them up from public biases and removed inhibitions about harming Jews.

To suggest that Hitler invented this stuff is unrealistic.
Very frank analysis will tell you that similar thinking was present in all Christian countries, not just Germany.

During the middle ages many Jews found it necessary to flee from Christian lands. Many set up in Muslim lands, where, while not totally welcomed they were protected by Koranic law, and were much better treated than in Christian lands.

Answer 6

The government that was in charge during the great depression was called the Weimer Republic and was comprised mostly ofJews. Also, the holocaust started after kristalnacht (not sure if I spelled it right), which was spearheaded by the killing of a German diplomat in France by a Jew. Also, early in Hitler's life, he hung out with a bunch of racists, anti-semetics, the whole works.

Hope this helped

Answer 7

Hitler was racist and racism was official German ideology
in 1933-45.
Hitler used it to 1) consolidate nation and 2) the reason for german's invasions.
According to hitler - Jews shell be exterminated.
Slavic nations turned into slaves, etc.

Answer 8

Because anti-Jewish sentiment has been common in Europe for centuries, promoted to various degrees by the Church. Hitler exploited an existing prejudice to unify and motivate the people to his own ends.

There are persistent rumors, but little if any reliable evidence, that Hitler may have had Jewish relatives; while this would certainly explain a lot if true, it is not necessary to understand his later behavior.

Answer 9

There is a six thousand year history of unwarranted hatred towards Jews. It's called anti-semitism.

Hitler just went with the flow. Still he killed Poles, Russians, Communists, Cripples and Christians who didn't agree with his views.

Look at the way some Americans talk about Muslims. Hatred is easy to manufacture.

Understanding takes intelligence.

Answer 10

For taking all the money out of Germany during WW1 so they had no way to buy more raw materials to make weapons to defeat the British, French, US allies!!

Of course it was all rubbish, but there is a long tradition of blaming the Jews for everything in Europe, Russia Balkans, Middle East going back to the time they were blamed for being responsible for the death of Christ, even the Christian Church referred to them as "Spawn of the Devil!!"