Why is hitler blamed for the holocaust

David B. Green Apr. Get email notification for articles from David B. Green Follow. Open gallery view. Adolf Hitler's 'Mein Kampf.

In the s, Germany was one of the countries in Europe where Jewish people were free. German Jewish people:. However, German-Jewish success and wealth made many non-Jewish Germans envious.

Free learning from The Open University. Featured content. Free courses. All content. Course content. About this free course 12 hours study. Level 3: Advanced. Course rewards. Free statement of participation on completion of these courses. Create your free OpenLearn profile. Course content Course content. The Holocaust Start this free course now. This legend blamed the German defeat not on the performance in the battlefield, but rather through a betrayal back at home. One of the main groups of people who was blamed for this betrayal was the Jews.

Defying this logic, around , Jews had served in WW1 and many of them had received badges of honour for their service. Some of them were spared during the selection process at extermination camps, although many perished. Hitler enlisted for the army in , which may have been just the right outlet the leader of the Nazi party needed to immerse himself in the politics of what was going on in the world. Hitler got injured by a poisonous gas attack during his service, which has been rumoured to be a trauma that triggered his hatred towards the Jews, however there is no solid evidence of this being the case.

In many part of Europe prior to The Holocaust, particularly Poland, most Jews lived in Jewish quarters and were separate from mainstream society. So many people had not engaged with Jews beforehand or knew much about them. The ideas of Jews plotting or planning a global domination was an irrational idea that Hitler and the Nazis played on. Holocaust Matters is an interactive educational tool for anyone interested in the Holocaust including schools and those with a professional or personal research interest.

Designed by Tudor Lodge Consultants. Although Ernst was never an inmate at the notorious Auschwitz camp he relays his fear of being sent there.