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Answer in the form of another question:
Why is any individual or group persecuted or discriminated against?
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After World War 1, Germany was not allowed to trade freely with other European nations because of their actions during the war. As a result, Germany felt the affects of the great depression even more harshly than did the rest of the world. Hitler believed and convinced those around him that the reason for their financial problems was rooted in the fact that a good number of businesses in Germany were owned and operated by Jews. Hitler alleged that if the nation could target the Jews and get rid of them, the finances of Germany could improve. He also claimed that there was only one way to overcome the sanctions that had been the result of World War 1, and that was to overthrow the nations that were imposing the sanctions.
Hitler succeeded in gaining quite a following among the Germans and part of his plan was to arrest and destroy all Jews and to take their property. Millions of Jewish men, women and children were gassed, shot or starved to death in his unsuccessful attempt to kill off an entire race of people.
Actually it was because Hitler and his Nazis were jealous of the success many Jews have in life because of their disciplined and hard working approach to life.
It would be a big mistake to regard antisemitism as a specifially German 'thing'. In fact, in the early 1930s Zionists were much more worried about the situation in Romania, Hungary and Poland. Germany was mistakenly regarded as a relatively safe country for Jews.
Ignorance
Because the Christians were conditioned to believe that the Jews killed Jesus. If the Jews had killed Jesus, it wouldn't have been by nailing him. That has no basis in the Torah.
Jews were killed by Hitler because he thought that the Aryan race was the best. To the Nazi way of "thinking," the Jews were at the bottom.
because they believed in something different then hitler
Because Adolf Hitler believed that Germans, being inherently superior human beings, ...
Historians have listed six explanations as to why some people hate the Jews:
1) Economic: Some people hate Jews because "they possess too much wealth and power."
2) Chosen People: Some hate the Jews because Jews claim that they are the chosen people (Exodus ch.19 and other passages).
3) Scapegoat: Jews seem to be a convenient group to single out and blame for the troubles of society.
4) Deicide: Some hate the Jews "because they killed Jesus."
5) Outsiders: Some hate the Jews "because they are different than us." (Xenophobia.)
6) Racial Theory: Some hate the Jews "because they are an inferior race."
As we examine the explanations, we must ask: Are they causes for anti-Semitism or excuses for it? The difference being, that if one takes away the cause, then anti-Semitism should no longer exist. If one can show a contradiction to the explanation, it demonstrates that the "cause" is not a reason, it is just an excuse.
Let's look at some of the contradictions:
Economic -- The Jews of 17th- 19th century Poland and Russia were dirt poor and had no influence, and yet they were hated.
Chosen People -- a) In the late 19th century, most Jews of Germany denied "Chosenness;" and they assimilated. Yet the Holocaust started there.
b) Christians and Moslems also profess to being the "Chosen people," but the world and the anti-Semites tolerate them.
Scapegoat -- Any group must already be hated to be an effective scapegoat. The Scapegoat theory does not cause anti-Semitism. Rather, anti-Semitism is what makes the Jews a convenient target. Hitler's ranting and ravings would not be taken seriously if he said, "It's the bicycle riders and the midgets who are destroying our society."
Deicide -- a) the Christian Bible says the Romans killed Jesus, with Jews mentioned as accomplices. (The claims that Jews directly killed Jesus came several hundred years later). Why are the alleged accomplices persecuted, but there hasn't been an anti-Roman movement through history?
b) Jesus himself said, "Forgive them [i.e., the Jews], for they know not what they do." And the Second Vatican Council in 1963 officially exonerated the Jews as the killers of Jesus. Neither of these events lessened anti-Semitism.
Outsiders -- With the Enlightenment in the late 18th century, many Jews rushed to assimilate. Anti-Semitism should have stopped. Instead, for example, the Nazis proclaimed in essence: We hate you, not because you're different, but because you're trying to become like us! We cannot allow you to "infect" the Aryan race with your "inferior genes."
Racial Theory -- The overriding problem with this theory is that it is self-contradictory: Jews are not a race. Anyone can become a Jew - and members of every race, creed and color in the world have done so at one time or another.
What else can I help you with?
Who proscetued the Jews?
Jews have been persecuted throughout history.
Have judaism has been persecuted by other group?
Judaism was persecuted by the Soviet Union. Jews have been persecuted almost constantly.
What people were people were persecuted during the holocaust?
jews.
Who persecuted the Jews in World War 2?
== == == == The Nazis
Who was the Seleucid emperor who persecuted the Jews?
Antiochus Epiphanes.
Who proscetued the Jews?
Jews have been persecuted throughout history.
Have judaism has been persecuted by other group?
Judaism was persecuted by the Soviet Union. Jews have been persecuted almost constantly.
Have the Jews historically been persecuted?
yes.
Were the Jews the only people targeted?
Jews were not the only people who suffered. But, along with the Gypsies they were the only people who were persecuted for their heritage, rather than choices that they made.
Why are Jews persecuted worldwide?
With respect, the assumption in the question is not accurate. The Jews are not 'persecuted worldwide'.
Where did the Jews get perscauted?
More like "where didn't the Jew's get persecuted?" Jewish people have been persecuted for thousands of years by many different religions.
What people were people were persecuted during the holocaust?
jews.
Who was persecuted in the Inquisition?
The Jews and Muslims
Who were the victims the Nazis persecuted?
jews
Why did the Jews fall out of favor?
They never were in favour. They have been hated and persecuted for at least two thousand years.
What are some of the things Jews did to Christians?
Jews like Paul persecuted the christians.
Why were the Jews persecuted in Elizabethan times?
The Jews that were persecuted during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I were done so in retaliation to an alleged plot by her physician to poison her. Roderigo Lopez was a Marrano Jew.
