Question

Throughout history, Jews have been a persecuted minority. How do you think they have managed to persevere through so many generations of subjugation, exclusion, and even genocide? Why do you think people single out certain groups or individuals for persecution—as Hitler did with the Jews and others he considered “undesirable”?

Answer 1

Answer: Jews have always been attached to religious identity and political cult.

Explanation:

Regardless of their subjugation by different peoples, the Jews were always able to distinguish the secular laws imposed by the rulers to whom they were subjugated. Still, at the same time, they maintained their spiritual identity. The Jews did not have their land, so there was no reason to revolt against those whose secular laws they had to obey.

There was no logical need to stand up for their country and fight because they did not have it. Towards the end of the nineteenth century, the idea of a Jewish state began to emerge, Jews grew stronger, and their intellectual elite became increasingly influential. Hitler hated the Jews because he believed that they were to blame for the economic situation in which Germany found itself after the First World War. The Jews were influential bankers and merchants, so the Hitler needed a culprit and found him in the Jews. Hitler also hated Jews for the simple fact that he was a racist or anti-Semist.