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Many factors such as German resentment of the Treaty of Versailles and the Depression prompted Germany to seek people to blame for their failure.
.(from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)

Video 38:30 mins
(from USHMM )

from:The Holocaust Explained (Wiener Holocaust Library)

Many Germans were disturbed by the changes in their society, and they felt that their traditional culture, status, and livelihoods were being threatened. It became appealing to accuse Jews of causing the transformation of German society that was disrupting their lives
(from: Facing History and Ourselves)

A key part of Nazi ideology was to define the enemy and those who posed a threat to the so-called “Aryan” race. Nazi propaganda was essential in promoting the myth of the “national community” and identifying who should be excluded. Jews were considered the main enemy.
(from: USHMM Holocaust Encyclopaedia )

Many Germans were outraged by the Treaty of Versailles. They regarded it as a ‘diktat’ – dictated peace
(from BBC Bitesize)

from:The Holocaust Explained (Wiener Holocaust Library)

German authorities required the assistance of the Axis nations and of local collaborators in the regions they occupied to implement the "Final Solution." Collaborators committed some of the worst atrocities of the Holocaust era..
(from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)

The "stab-in-the-back" myth blamed Jews and other groups for Germany's defeat.
(from : International Encyclopaedia of the First World War)

Showing the unfolding of the Holocaust from 1933.
(from The Museum of Jewish Heritage)

Eugenics theory shaped many of Nazi Germany’s racial policies (from USHMM Holocaust Encyclopaedia)

Nazi antisemitic legislation, from 1933 to 1934, focused on limiting the participation of Jews in German public life.