Did Adolf Hitler only hate Jews?

Answer 1

Hitler basically hated the Jews because they were the largest non-German ethnic minority in Central Europe at that time.

Hitler wanted a pure Germany (and Europe) without any "parasites".

At that time, there were only few Muslims and Africans living in Germany (unlike today).

But you can be sure that Hitler would have built exactly the same gas chambers when (instead of Jews) millions of Turks, Arabs, Indians and Africans had lived in Germany at that time.

Hitler's basic ideology was not solely anti-semitism, but racism in its most radical extent. The millions of Indian and Arab "fans" of Hitler should always be aware that they would also be on Hitler's "bug spray list" if they had lived in Germany in the 1930s and 1940s.

Other answers:

• No, he just hated Jews more than other non-Aryan peoples because Jews were the only foreigners in Germany at that time.
• Hitler did not only hate Jews. He also hated Gypsies and also people with handicaps. All the "non-Aryan minorities" who lived in Germany at that time were regarded as "parasites" or even as enemies.
• No, Hitler didn't only hate the Jews; he hated the gypsies, handy capped, homosexuals, Jehovah's Wittnesses and any one who didn't have a use in his plans for Germany.
• Hitler did hate other people, but he saw the Jews as his biggest enemy. He came to this belief for two important reasons. First anti-semitism was widespread in Germany, so he was influenced by his surroundings. Second, He found (much like populistic politicians nowadays) that scapegoating one group (i.e. the Jews) won him popularity with the German public. So his anti-semitism also had practical reasons.
• Furthermore, what should not be lost out of sight, is that Germans were very happy to blame the Holocaust on one evil dead man (Hitler), although historical research seems to contradict this. The holocaust started with the "wild holocaust", whereby einsatzgruppen (ordinary Germans), started shooting Jewish civilians en masse, against explicit orders to do so. In fact, even after Himmler forbade the killing of Jews, this went on because most Germans refused to obey these orders. So, virulent anti-semitism can be denoted as a common trait back in Germany in the days, and in that sense Hitler was just an 'average' German.
• No one can know for sure the thoughts of Hitler. For sure, Hitler didn't plant the seed of hatred in the mind of Germans. The hatred was present for many years, and was exacerbated by the effects of the treaty of Versailles. Whether Hitler had a true hatred of Jews, or was just using the German's hatred of Jews as a tool in his quest for power, is very debatable. Perhaps the better question is, "did the GERMANS hate only Jews?"
• Hitler's Propaganda helped seed of hatred grow within the Germans. Central to the his propaganda was a promotion of racial purity, just as in Italy. This campaign was successful: the German people began to feel that racial purity was necessary for the survival of their nation. Whether or not there was a hatred of those outside the German race, or if it was just simply actions based not on hate, but by false logic, is another matter up for debate.

  The exterminations that took place certainly were not only conducted on Jews. Gypsies were exterminated; retarded people, mentally ill, and homosexuals were routinely exterminated. Generally, all people that were considered inferior were exterminated. Polish people were among the first to be exterminated.

  So, while it cannot be said for sure that there was a true "hate", it is certain that whatever it was, it was not focused only on the Jews; the fact that they received the vast majority of the attention of the holocaust is attributable mainly to their greater presence in Germany.

  Not only did Hitler hate Jews, Gypsies, and handi-caps, he hated Catholics (although he couldn't really act on this due to the large numbers of Catholics within his ranks) and Slavs (as the tens of millions of Russian deaths during the war and horrid conditions in Russian POW camps can attest to) as well.

Answer 2

No. Many different nationalities and sects were exterminated in concentration camps. Many Russian civilians were killed in the German occupation of parts of Russia. It is sad that so much attention is focused only on the Jews that people forget about the cost of the war to all other nationalities and religions.

Answer 3

Hitler basicly hated and killed the Jews because they were the largest non-German minority in Central Europe at that time. But he also sent Gypsies and other ethnical minorities to the gas chambers.

Hitler wanted a pure Germany without any "parasites".

At that time, there were only few Muslims and Africans living in Germany (unlike today).

But you can be sure that Hitler would have built exactly the same gas chambers when (instead of Jews) millions of Turks, Arabs, Indians and Africans had lived in Germany at that time.

Hitler's basic ideology was not anti-semitism, but racism in its most radical extent. The millions of "Hitler fans" in Arabia and India should always be aware of the fact that they would also be on Hitler's "bug spray list" when they had come to Germany in the 1930s and 1940s.

Answer 4

Yes. He hated them immensely.

Hitler provided numerous rationales during that period as to why he believed that the Jews were worthy of hate. However, the only person qualified to answer this question fully and accurately, without speculation, (Hitler) killed himself on April 30, 1945. Various contributors have stated that the following were some of the reasons that Hitler claimed to hate the Jews:

1) Superiority of the German People: Hitler believed that the Germans as a "race" of Nordic of peoples were superior in all ways to all non-German people. Since the Jews were not a Nordic people, Hitler reviled them (as he reviled the Romani, Slavs, and other ethnic minorities).

2) Decay of the German State: During the 1800s, Jews began to become more integrated in German National Life. They served in its government, its military divisions, and its industry. As was typical of Western Europe, the Jews had more of a hand in the higher echelons of government than their population percentage would account for. The Nazis saw this increasing Jewish percentage in the government as a slow takeover of German policy and a corruption of the German people. They contrasted the great victories under Bismarck with the depressing failure of World War I and noted how a much larger percentage of soldiers in the latter war were Jewish. There was also the sentiment than in the early 20th century, values were beginning to ebb (this is similar to current politics in the United States) and the Jewish integration in the German apparatus (becoming teachers, lawyers, doctors, etc.) was to blame for this recession of values as opposed to modernity as a process.

3) Nationalism: Germany was brought together under the Nationalist conception that all peoples with German culture, history, and language should be united regardless of which principality currently held control. The German self-conception also had an ethnic component, holding that the perfect German was blond and blue eyed. Regardless of the fact that the majority of Germans were dark haired, Jews stuck out like a sore thumb because they overwhelmingly had darker hair. In addition, the idea of a German Jew was still rather new and both Jews and non-Jews tended to see the Jews in Germany as being part of a vast Jewish network and that these Jews just happened to be in Germany. The Nazis capitalized on this cosmopolitan sensibility by claiming that Jews' allegiances were not to the German State, but to secret Jewish Councils organizing world events.

4) Economy: Whether it was true or not, there was perception among Germans and the Nazis in particular that Jews were wealthy individuals and had a higher per-capita income than the Germans. In many ways (because of the above two reasons) Germans felt that the Jews were "stealing" their money while they were poor and suffering. Adolf Hitler blamed the Jewish population for the social and economic problems of the era. A popular anti-Semitic belief was that Jewish families were shrewd and sought to control the wealth of a community at the expense of other members in the community. This being the case he thought that the world would be a better place if the Jews were no longer in charge of finance.

5) Pseudo-Science: The late 19th and early 20th century was filled with radical new ideas concerning Social Darwinism. It was believed by the Pseudo-Scientific community (which was rather in vogue) that different groups of people or races exhibited different emotional traits that were linked to physical differences. This led to the belief that Jews were corrupt and thieving by their irreversible nature and that they could not be "cured" and brought up as proper Europeans. This formalized Racial Anti-Semitism in Germany and made the situation much more dire for German Jews.

6) Heresy/Christian Anti-Semitism: Although not as much an issue in World War II as it may have been 500 years prior, Jews were still considered the heretics who murdered the LORD and Savior. This helped to justify Anti-Semitism as the Jewish comeuppance for their accepting of the "Christ Bloodguilt". Jews were called Christ-killers by the Nazis, as they had by most Christian churches for centuries, and that was behind a lot of the hatred. This existed regardless of the fact that The Bible names the Jews as God's Chosen people first.

7) Hitler's Ambition: Adolf Hitler was very ambitious. His dream was to see Germany at the top. After the First World War he became more and more ambitious. He blamed the Jews for the misery and suffering of Germans. Moreover, he held Jews responsible for the loss of World War I. He claimed that they held high position and were very rich. This was one of reason for his hatred for the Jews.

8) Populism: Adolf Hitler's "hatred" of the Jews was one of the tools he used to convince the people of Germany that he knew the source of their economic problems and that he was the person who could correct the situation. He chose to use the long standing antisemitism in Germany to gain the people's support.

9) Anti-Semitic Childhood: When Hitler was studying Art in Munich as a teenager he was rejected from the academy he wished to attend and for some reason, he blamed it on the city's Jewish population. He was also brought up in an anti-Semitic family (at least some believe).

10) Foreigners: Hitler argued that the German Jews were not 'native' members of the country and should not be able to enjoy the benefits of citizenship. Their motives would be suspect as their loyalty was to something other than Germany. (Of course, this argument has been used against all minorities and is equally fatuous as concerns the Jews.)

11) Communism: Hitler alleged that the Jews were the primary supporters of Communists and thus also considered them in bed with his political opposition. (It should be noted that there is NO credible evidence the Jews were the main supporters of Communism, and this is yet another stereotype used by bigots for decades.) yes

Answer 5

Hitler hated Jews ever since he was a young boy because when Adolf was young his mom had Breast cancer and the doctor Adolf's mom went to was Jewish. This doctor gave Adolf's mom some medication that would give here a 50% chance of living. So when Hitlers mom died Adolf blamed her death on the Jewish doctor. So he Killed all those Jews to get revenge for his mothers death.

However ...Hitler, aged 17, wrote the doctor a letter thanking him for having done his best for his mother. What's more, when Austria was annexed to Germany in 1938 Hitler ordered that the doctor should be allowed to leave without harassment. That doesn't sound like a desire for revenge.

Beware 'Hitlerology' - that is, urban legends that seem to offer simple, homely explanations ...

The first evidence of real antisemitism in Hitler dates from about 1916 when Hitler was aged 27.

The person who wrote the first answer deleted this:

The evidence suggests that his real hatred began towards the end of World War 1. His early letters from the Western Front in World War 1 contain no antisemitic comments and in places he even had some praise for Jews.
No, but he began to really dislike Jews when a Jew denied him acceptance to an art school (Vienna), and when his mother died in the presence of a Jewish doctor Hitler hated Jews ever since he was a young boy because when Adolf was young his mom had breast cancer and the doctor Adolf's mom went to was Jewish. This doctor gave Adolf's mom some medication that would give here a 50% chance of living. So when Hitlers mom died Adolf blamed her death on the Jewish doctor. So he Killed all those Jews to get revenge for his mothers death.

However ...Hitler, aged 17, wrote the doctor a letter thanking him for having done his best for his mother. What's more, when Austria was annexed to Germany in 1938 Hitler ordered that the doctor should be allowed to leave without harassment. That doesn't sound like a desire for revenge.

Beware 'Hitlerology' - that is, urban legends that seem to offer simple, homely explanations ...

The first evidence of real antisemitism in Hitler dates from about 1916 when Hitler was aged 27.

The person who wrote the first answer deleted this:

The evidence suggests that his real hatred began towards the end of World War 1. His early letters from the Western Front in World War 1 contain no antisemitic comments and in places he even had some praise for Jews.

Answer 6

No. His particular brand of "philosophy" believed that German people were better than all other people in the world. Jews were seen as "parasites", and were foremost among the people he disliked; however, he also disliked Slavic peoples, like Russians, Polish, Serbs and so forth. When Nazi Germany conquered these other countries, they had a tendency to treat those peoples badly too.

Roma peoples (sometimes pejoratively called "gypsies") were also targeted by the regime, as were homosexuals, Communists, Socialists, and anyone else who dared go against the wishes of his regime.

Answer 7

Yes. Hitler's Anti-Semitism or Jew-hatred was entirely "honest", in the sense that he really felt those feelings of immense hatred. They were not chicanery or fraud. Of course, the bases for his hatreds are completely irrational and/or contrary to all evidence, but the feelings were genuine.

Answer 8

Yes, he hated gays, gypsies, blacks, disabled people, and some others!

Answer 9

Yes. He hated them so much that he had nearly six million Jews murdered.