After WWI ended, the Treaty of Versailles screwed Germany over by prohibiting them to have an army, taking away part of their land, and by making them responsible for all expenses of the war. Germany was incredibly indebted and inflation was over the roof. People grew anxious and it was a chaotic scene. Hitler figured he would play on the fear of the German citizens and other (used as a verb) the Jews by using propaganda to make them seem as the enemy and as disgusting, evil beings, and since the people were so desperate for a solution, they weren't able to see of the direction it was heading.
Answer: Responses may vary but should include some or all of the following information: Germany’s initiation of World War II made the Nazi plan to exterminate European Jews far more deadly. German invasion and occupation of multiple European nations allowed the Nazi government to arrest, detain, and ultimately kill many more European Jews than they would have been able to otherwise. The social climate of fear and extreme nationalism created by the war also allowed the Nazis to violate human rights with the support of the majority of their population. Although the legal persecution of German Jews began before the war, the scale of the persecution and extermination of Jews across Europe was much larger because of German involvement in the war.
