What had the jews done to deserve what hitler did?

Answer 1

While it is not true to say that Jews were innocent lambs, the Jews did not do half of the negative nonsense that is attributed to them in order to "justify" Anti-Semitism and violence against them. Jews have been punished for being different, unique, and misunderstood. It is the same reason that Blacks were enslaved by both Arabs and Europeans. It is the same reasons that Americans used to claim that East Asians were conspiring to overthrow America, etc. People prefer to fear the unknown than to properly examine what they do not know.

Answer 2

First of all, Jews made the mistake of being conquered by the Romans who began the Jewish diaspora to Europe. In Europe, the Jewish people have always been a minority and minorities are always picked on, it's human nature. There are parallels in history, the Armenians in Turkey and the Gypsies from India, to name just two, have been persecuted by whatever country they've chosen to live in.

The Germans, who slaughtered millions of Jews and thousands of Rom during the Holocaust, were themselves the victims of persecution several hundred years earlier when Vlad Tepis, a psychopathic count known for his brutal treatment of minorities, impaled 400,000 Romanian Germans because they weren't Romanian. The legend of the vampire began with this butcher because of the fear he instilled in his German victims.

In my 60 plus years, I have discovered that the biggest sin an ethnic group can commit is to be a minority and the only way around that is to form alliances with either influential members of the majority or a consortium of other minorities. These are basic survival skills and the Jews have been very good at surviving, but even the best can hit a bump or two along the way. Unfortunately for them, it was their success that made them targets of Hitler since a large percentage of Jews inevitably become financially successful because of their intelligence, hard work and love of learning.

The irony of their success, however, often goes unspoken. The fact that they were never allowed to bear arms or take place in the ruling circles during the middle ages and renaissance era forced them to handle money, the only profession allowed to them, so they became adept at it. The truth is, the Jews are the most successful minority the world has ever seen and, I believe, to focus so much on their tragedies is actually demeaning. If the heart of the Jewish people, Israel, is to survive the children of Abraham must be feared not pitied, particularly because they are outnumbered ten to one by genicidal Muslims.