emotion did not play a large part in who they persecuted.
Holocaust.
To make no jews in the world, and hitler hated them because they were smart and brave, etc.
They hated Jews, and the communists
Because Hitler and the rest of the Nazis blamed the Jews for losing WW1.
To a significant extent, yes.
I think you'll find that it was the Jews (that is people) that the Nazis hated and that they had very little knowledge of Judaism (the religion).
The Nazis.___Jew-haters - antisemitesthose who hate other cultures are xenophobes or (often) racists.
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Hell no, many people hated Jews for thousands of years, mainly Christians hated Jews due to different religious believes.
During (and even well before) the years 1941 to 1945, the Nazis hated the Jews because they saw Jews as the fundamental cause of Germany's hardships and suffering. At the root of this hatred, however, was a basic, and deeply unfortunate, prejudice.
The Nazis were first and foremost a hate party. They simply loathed: * Jews * Gypsies * Communists * Socialists * Liberals * Homosexuals * Democracy * SlavsJews
Germany was highly Christian and Hitler got people to hate Jews by saying that the Jews killed Jesus. Which , according to the Christian New Testament , is true.