... took hold. The Jews were a convenient scapegoat for Germany's economic woes. Due to an almost ancient belief that Jews had killed Christ, there was an undercurrent of anti-Semitism since medieval times. The Jews were banned from practicing most professions, and had turned to money lending (usury). They had been successful in the trade of usury since modern ... times, and so it was currently convenient to blame the moneylenders for the economic peril. In 1919, Ernst RÖhm joined the German Workers Party. He had been involved in far ... United States to pay for these reparations. Many G...

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... made it very easy for him to manipulate people because he sounded so trustworthy and he sounded like he cared about his people. "Persecution of Jews dates back to medieval times. It was not the creation of Germany in the 1930's and 1940's, although the Nazis took anti-Semitism to the extremes" (Lerner et al. 2006). "He knew that ... ...

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