The Jews.
No
decsmeron
That's "scapegoat." A "scapegoat" is the member of a group whom everyone blames all of the group's troubles and problems on. The "family scapegoat" is the member of the family who gets blamed for all of the family's problems, even if it's not actually his/her fault.
The word is scapegoat.
Hitler thought that if the people had a scapegoat, and a certain people group to hate, they would be better united, and thus be better followers in a dictatorship.
It is rats
locusts
The Jews (who were blamed for the plague).
Hitler blamed the Jews for Germany's problems.
By prejudice towards an out-group when an in-group needs to explain a troubling event dealing with fear and anger.
a plague of locust
Black Death was thought to be work of Jews. Or foreigners and beggars.