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What did the Nazis believe about the Germans and the Jews?

The Nazis believed many, often contradictory, things about the Jews. One of the Nazis' favourite themes was that the Jews and the Germans were locked in some mysterious struggle for domination of Germany, Europe, even the world!


What were the attitudes of the Nazis towards the Jews?

In the Christian world the Jews had for centuries been blamed for the crucifixion of Jesus. This produced a general anti-Jewish environment, which the Nazis built upon. Putting it as simply as possible:The Nazis claimed that the German Jews were 'alien', 'un-German' and a 'corrupting influence' on Germany and that they were encouraging immorality.The Nazis claimed that the Jews were Communists (and that Communism was a specifically Jewish ideology).There were conspiracy theories that claimed that the Jews were trying to achieve 'world domination'.The Nazis said that the Jews were enemies of Germany, and that Jews and Germans were locked in a struggle to the death. (This was another of those conspiracy theories that many Nazis took seriously).The Nazis claimed that the Jews had made Germany lose World War 1.The Nazis subscribed to racialist theories that claimed that the Jews were inferior to others.However, Nazi propaganda also portrayed them as very clever indeed, very dangerous and close to achieving world domination: the two don't even begin to fit.Earlier, 'religious' hostility to Judaism had often demonized the Jews and painted them as sinister and evil.


How many Jews did the Catholic Church hand over to the Nazis?

None! The Catholic Church did more than any organization or country to shelter and protect Jews. Churches, convents and monasteries, including the Vatican itself, hid Jews from the Nazis and helped many of them escape to safe countries. It is even said the Pope Pius XII would disguise himself as a simple Franciscan friar and sneak out of the Vatican at night and smuggle Jews out of Rome and into the safety of the Vatican. Thousands and thousands of lives were saved. The rumors of the Catholic Church cooperating with the Nazis was part of a disinformation campaign conducted by the Soviet Union to discredit the Church and drive a wedge between the Church and the Jews as well as with the rest of the world. Once the Nazis were defeated, the Soviets feared the Catholic Church more than any other group. All this information was revealed by former KGB agents when the Soviet Union dissolved in the 1980s.


Why are there still Nazis out there?

Nazis today aren't really Nazis, they just hate Jews like the Nazis- Space99boyModern Nazis are called Neo-Nazis. They may hold one or more of these opinions:The Nazi Party's actions during the Second World War were acceptable / necessaryThe Holocaust is an invention and never really happenedThe Holocaust happened to a lesser extent than describedNational Socialism is a viable political systemSome people may be described as Neo-Nazis if they support the National Socialism system. This does not make them evil or in fact tie them to the Nazis in any way. However, many also show direct support for Hitler's actions and those of his Party.- Elite_X_HeRo


What country surrendered to the Nazis?

he captured many people including jews slavs and gypsies