How Did The Government Contribute To Anti-Semitism?

First of all, the Nazis used false information about Jewish people and utilized negative Jewish stereotypes to legitimize the horrific acts of violence during the Final Solution. The Nazis were evil towards the Jews. Movies, newspapers, and posters were only some of the ways anti-semitic messages were thrown out into the public. A newspaper called Der Sturmer pumped out stories devoted to showing Germans how dirty Jews were (Marcovitz 15). Things like “Jews are immoral, indecent, dishonest, ugly, fat, not human, cannibalistic”, and “Jews eat their children and drink their blood”, were common headlines (Marcovitz 15). Jews were not humans. They were on the same level as bugs and needed to be exterminated from Germany and all of Eastern Europe. Also, stereotypes from 100’s of years ago were still alive and well. Jews were tax collectors a long time ago, and some people still hated them for it. Some people could not let go of old derogatory lies and the Nazis loved this. Hate towards the Jews was stronger than kindness and the Nazis fed off of this. If people saw the propaganda and the heard old stereotypes, then maybe they would hop on board with the Nazis.

They said to have a solution that you need a problem and that is exactly what Hitler did. Using the Jewish people as scapegoats which means that he blamed the Jewish society for all of Germany’s social and economic issues. According to, Bowling Green State University, “Jews and the Communists seemed to be the perfect scapegoat , Nazis could use them to arouse dissatisfaction in the government especially if they believed the Jews were pulling the government strings. The Jews were also thought to all be part of the Communists and were responsible for Germany’s loss in the war. Dietrich Eckart, a prominent writer on Nazi ideals, believed it was usury, of which Jews were commonly accused of doing, which cost Germany the war. Because the Jews were only trying to make money, they led the Germans into the war for more money and bought peace at the cost of the reparations the “pure” Germans had to pay.” Hitler blames all the problems that the Germans had on the Jewish Community. In those times people were learning to hate and despise the Jewish people because of how they acted and how they looked. Anti Semitism came to a rise because most Jews were bankers and businessmen. Most Germans agreed that the reason that they lost in World War I was because of them and he said the Jewish people were Communist and that they could not be trusted. He also blamed the Jews because they had an alliance with the Bolsheviks back in Russia which he totally hated. There are 8 stages of Genocide which are classification, symbolization, dehumanization, organization, polarization, preparation, extermination and Denial that Hitler and the Nazis implemented on the Jews. According to, Oxford Journals “Although he intended to solve the “Jewish Question” once the war was over, on September 17, 1941, Hitler authorized requests made by various officials to deport German, Austrian, Czech, and Luxemburg

German anti-Semitism played the main role in Holocaust and extermination of Jewish population in Europe during World War 2. There are different views on this subject among historians. Some support the fact that German society was anti-Semitic and ordinary

Another cause of anti-Semitic hatred in between 1815- 1860 is due to economic reasons. This was sparked as many of the Europeans that were reeling from famine of 1816 and were indebted to Jewish bankers and moneylenders. This all combined is what caused what is known as the hep hep Riot 1819 and is a continuation, as rioters used Fries and Rhus to prove their reasons as anti semitism was accept due to economic scapegoating. This is linked to economic and political antipathy of the Jews which stems from jealousy of their fortune. As fear grew over their control of the financial sector. There's a continuity here that links back to the Rothschild family as there were money leaders and their were conspiracy theories made a huge profit from the

Despite Hitler's many accomplishments, one goal he failed to achieve was to “exterminate” all of the Jews and non-Aryan races. Despite the mass genocides performed in concentration camps, Hitler failed at completely removing the population. Today, many Jews are still standing tall and healing from the effects of the Holocaust. In order to understand Hitler’s actions, one must take into consideration the many misconceptions he had about these people. His hatred towards the Jews hindered him from understanding and ultimately this lead to his downfall. In Hitler’s eye the Jews were not a religious community. In fact, the Jews allegedly had their own mission to exterminate the whole of mankind, therefore the world needed to unite in order to eliminate

Robert S. Wistrich defined antisemitism as hostility and/or prejudice against the Jewish people or their religion of Judaism. Many people in today’s world instinctively associate antisemitism with Nazi Germany because of the mass genocide that took place. Hostility towards the Jewish people dates back thousands of years ago when the Roman Empire forced them away from their homeland that is now known as Israel. With the Jewish population forced from their homes they began to spread out all over the world and so did the prejudice against them. The Judaism religion was looked down upon in many parts of the world and people felt like it was their duty to treat the Jewish people with inequality. Antisemitism took a different turn when statesmen begin to use it in their campaign to gain the citizens support.

This site has many different facts about the Holocaust and the questions that were asked about it. The site has topic titled: Jews and Judaism, question about the Holocaust, how the Holocaust took place, The Nazis, the Holocaust and Muslims, Jews, Muslims and Christians, and The Holocaust Denial. Anti-Semitism is a synonym for the hatred of Jews and anti-Semitic means anti-Jewish. The “Final Solution” refers to the German’s plan to murder all of the Jews in Europe. This term was Used at the Wannsee Conference, which was held in Berlin Germany January 20, 1942, which German officials debated its implementation. The German Nazis used this term, the “Final Solution”, to hide the plan that the Germans were to kill all the Jews in Europe. The Germans

Anti-semitism is the prejudice against jews. Anti- semitism is also associated with race discrimination, race prejudice, race snobbery, hostility towards Jews, and racism. When Hitler came to power in Germany, he made anti-semitism an official government policy. Anti-semitism still exists in many countries today (Levanon).

German Attitudes Toward the Jews and the Final Solution There are those that claim that Hitler’s conscious personal hatred of the Jews, his unique and central role in the rise of Nazi Germany were fundamental in the development of the anti-Jewish policies that emerged leading to the final solution. However, there is strong evidence to suggest that the anti- Jewish feeling in Germany reflected a much stronger, widespread support amongst its people and this essay will examine the role and attitudes of the German people towards the Final Solution. On the 1st of April, 1933, the boycott of Jewish businesses reflected evidence of widespread anti Jewish feelings amongst the lower bureaucracy of the

In the late 19th century the Populist party had antisemitism engrained within its ideology. They blamed the various issues, mainly financial, that certain members of this party were facing. Roughly thirty years after the height of this party’s anti-Semitic rhetoric, the rise of the Ku Klux Klan took place. This group was at the forefront of racist ideologies and instilled fear in millions, including those of Jewish descent. Prominent and powerful figures also carried anti-Semitic views. One of the most notable that we discussed in class was Henry Ford. His views were so extreme that he even wrote a newspaper in one of his automobile factories, which blamed the Jewish people for the issues occurring during this time and the degradation of American tradition. Ford’s mindset and actions were not without consequence though. The German leader Adolf Hitler used these magazines to fuel his own ideas and propaganda. He is of course the mastermind behind the largest and arguably the most appalling form of antisemitism, the Holocaust. During World War II, Hitler enacted a plan to exterminate the Jewish people within Europe. By the time the war was over millions of Jewish people had sadly died and repercussions are still being felt today. I want to note that in our current state of political affairs that there has been a rise in antisemitism. We need to address the acts regarding this hateful mindset soon before there is any chance of growth within this

Anti-semitism, which is defined to be the hatred of Jews, played a major part in our world history, such as the Holocaust. The Nazis believed that the Jewish community was inferior to their own race, and wanted to get rid of them for good. Initially in the early 1930’s, Adolf Hitler conducted one of the worlds now largest genocides, the annihilation of the Jews during WWII. Nealy six million Jews died during the span of twelve years, which was ⅔ of the Jewish population in Europe, and he was able to do so using the four stages of isolation. Those of which, were the stripping of rights, segregation, concentration, and extermination. The stripping of rights was taking away the Jewish men and women's basic needs, stripping them of their German citizenships, forcing them to wear an armband of the star of David, and etc. The second stage of isolation was segregation. The Jews were kicked out of the comfort of their own homes, and were forced to live in an isolated area called the “ghettos”. The third stage was concentration. After a couple of months from being moved to the ghettos, the Jews were brought to concentration camps where they were forced to work for hours at a time under all conditions, they were starved and all were mistreated. The last stage of isolation is the extermination, which was the stage in which the Jews were killed. The Nazis used different methods to do so, many were shot, beaten to death, burnt alive, but most were brought into gas chambers where they were gassed with Zyklon b which killed all within 3-15 mins of inhalation. There was not much of an option for the Jews their only chance of making it out alive is by figuring out various tactics to survive. Surviving meant that they had to live within a grueling environment, despite the difficult circumstances. Regardless of all the hardships they faced during that time, they were able to survive and overcome them by using different strategies, such as trading with one another, using their skills, and made friendships and built allies with one another in the camps.

Frantz, Meyer and Lagarde's influence only reached a small audience and their campaign to revoke emancipation would only reach law if their anti-Semitic propaganda would reach a broader public. With the decline of parliamentary Liberalism official Catholic anti-Semitism became a rarity. Despite attempts to make the public more aware of the Jewish problem, like Joachim Gehlsen did in the Deutsche Eisenbahnzeitung, or Otto Glagau did in his additions to the Grunderzeit, none would compare to that of one Adolf Stocker, who would make the biggest impact on the movement.

Jews were hated and only treated as scapegoat from Adolf Hitler. If Jews weren’t protected under law or either have their citizens right, they were only call “Christ Killer” which in meaning of that the Jews were the fault of the death of Christ. In Europe Jews did not have the right to own lands so they mostly became peddlers to make a living out of it. The anti-semitism was the wrong doing of the hate towards the Jews but it also came with the myth from people who are christian to the reason to why Christ died was because of the Jews was part of the myth but mostly the main part of it and mostly Hitler’s hate towards things he didn’t like.

One of the reasons anti-semitism will never be eradicated is racist people that love to spread rumors about Jews, such as Adolf Hitler. One of the rumors that was spread about Jews by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis is that Jews are responsible for their loss in WWI. They also blamed the Jews for their economic crisis. The Jews were also thought of as a lower race, and according to the Nazis, were so inferior that they shouldn’t be considered people. Another rumor spread about Jews by Adolf Hitler was that they were homosexual. These rumors made many people hateful of the Jewish race.

Having considered anti-Jewish sentiment in Early Modern Europe, it is reasonable to look at how Jews were treated during the Enlightenment period in Germany and whether antisemitism was evident. During this period, Jews did encounter individuals who demonstrated an acceptance of them. For instance, Christian Wilhelm Von Dohm was a German scholar who determined that it was believed that Jews acted in the way they did because of the circumstances they were put in. He further argued that “any other group of men, under such conditions, would be guilty of identical errors.” Moreover, it is “because of these prejudices that prevent [a Jew] from becoming a good citizen.” Therefore, it is apparent that during this time period, some scholars tried