Why Hitler Blamed the Jews and the Communists for Germany’s Economic Troubles
Psychology can help explain why the Jews and the communists were blamed for Germany’s economic recession after world war one.
Hitler’s mass murder and massacre of millions of Jews and communists in concentration camps is a familiar story to all. History is filled with many examples of wrongful blame and finger pointing towards certain groups in the face of social, economic and political turmoil.
However, many historians and psychologists have found the reasons for assigning blame and responsibility to Jews and communists for Germany’s economic troubles during and after the First World War to be a rather serious and complicated issue that could only be understood at the time. Due to the complexity of the issue, many who teach about the second world war are reluctant to answer questions which revolve around this discussion.
The two most popular theories that have helped to explain this issue are the scapegoat theory and the authoritarian personality theory. In order to understand why these groups were blamed for Germany’s troubles in the first place, one must be able to analyse the involvement of the Jewish and Communist people in German political affairs. Once that has been…
