... every problem, disaster and death that happened. The Jews were blamed for the crucifixion of Jesus, infecting the Christian population with diseases such as the plague, murdering Christian children in secret ceremonies and many more problems. There is a similar example of the Jews being blamed by the Germans, especially Adolf Hitler (who was actually an Austrian but thought of himself as a German), for all of Germany's problems. Using propaganda, Adolf Hitler convinced the German people that the Jews were the ones responsible for Germany's defeat in World War I, as well as the Great Depression - a time when the Jews prospered and the Germans were unemployed - lining up at soup kitchens to get their daily meals. Through propaganda, Hitler convinced the German's that the Jews were a threat to Germany and that they had to be wiped out. Hitler started sending Jews to concentration camps, where the Jews ...

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