Reasons why most non-Jewish German people let the persecutio

• Jealous of their success –

  many Jews were professionals

  or owned businesses.
• Blamed for Germany’s

  defeat in First World

  War and the Treaty

  of Versailles (especially

  as some politicians

  involved were Jewish).
• Suspicious

  of a different

  religion.
• Associated with

  communism (Karl

  Marx was Jewish).
• Used as

  scapegoats

  for Germany’s

  problems.