Help me understand why the jews were killed by the nazis?

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Help me understand why the jews were killed by the nazis?
i am so sorry i know i should know this but my niece asked me and i didnt know at all i said that it was a personality clash and now i am ashamed that i do not know the proper reason can you help

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Im Jewish, and I wish I could give you an answer that would really explain it all. But in fact there are several things that need to be consideredbrbr Hitler had a pathological hatred of Jews. It went way beyond mere dislike. He was obsessed with exterminating every single Jew in Europe. He referred to this as the Final Solution of the Jewish problem. Many investigations have failed to provide any concrete reason for Hitlers hatred of Jews as with so many racists, it was just irrational and terrible.brbr A scapegoat was needed to blame all of Germanys problems on. The Jews were an easy one, because they were vulnerable. They were small in number we make up something like . of the world population and they had nowhere to run to, once Hitlers cleansing of Europe had started. Remember there was no Israel back then for the Jews to flee to. Other countries, America included, refused to grant sanctuary to the Jews. They were totally, utterly trapped.brbr A previous person rightly noted that the Church has a lot to answer for. Early Christianity taught the most HORRIBLE, vicious lies about Jews. Firstly, Christianity falsely claimed that the Jews killed Jesus, and that they were therefore cursed for the next seven generations it may have been more than seven! I forget the actual scripture. In fact, the Romans killed Jesus, the Jews were oppressed by the Romans and had no power to kill anyone!brbrChristianity also taught that the Jews killed Christian children and then used their blood in demonic rituals. You can imagine how much hatred towards Jews these spiteful lies caused. Numerous Jews lost their lives, way before Hitler, because of this blood libel.brbrAll of this means that when Hitler rose to power, there already existed in Europe a dormant level of hatred towards Jews, nurtured by CENTURIES of anti Jewish teachings by the Church. So Hitler just plugged into this hatred!brbrKEY POINT its vital to remember that in pre Nazi Germany, the Jews were totally assimilated. They married non Jews, lived with non Jews, worked with non Jews. They were not living separately at all. brbrYet Hitler still managed to lock into that age old hatred towards the Jews and turn an entire nation against them.brbrBy the end of WW, HALF THE JEWS ON OUR PLANET had been murdered. Six million innocent children, women, men.brbrYour niece would learn a lot from a wonderful book, based on the true story of an American history teacher trying to explain the Holocaust to his students. Its called THE WAVE.brbrIt was also made into a film, but if you can get the book, Id highly recommend that. Also, THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK would help her understand more as well.brbrbrEDITbrbr just to correct an earlier remark Hitlers mother WAS NOT part jewish!!!brbrThis has been disproven, categorically by many historians. Hitler had NO Jewish relatives.brbrbrbrEDIT brbr again, just to make a correction to someones answer the Jews in Germany were no wealthier than anyone else. Hitler tried to make out that they were taking all the profits but again, this was just another part of his anti semitic propoganda. Its rather alarming to see people unwittingly repeating the lies here today!brbrbrEDIT TO KEZbrbr sorry, but some of what you state as fact simply isnt and never has been proven as such. brbrAnd some of your info is just plain wrong! It is utter rubbish to state, as you do, that Jews werent accepted in public as Ive already explained, the German Jews were THE MOST assimilated and integrated that Jews have ever been!brbrAlso, the more basic problem with your answer is that you are trying to find a logical reason for Hitlers hatred of Jews.brbrThere is never, ever, ANY logic or rational process underlying racism. In fact, if you read some of the better biographies of Hitler, you will see that the Jews he DID come into contact with, proved helpful and kind to him, thus making his racism all the more irrational.brbrThere is no why that can EVER explain the type of hatred that Hitler directed at the Jews.