Why do people have the notion that the Holocaust was the killing of Jews by Christians?
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It was the killing of people of Jewish decent by people of Christian decent.  People who were Jewish were killed if they did or did not subscribe to a particular relgious tradition, and most of the people who did participate in the Holocaust were Christian.  I am not saying that there were not heros of all religions at the time- but there were Christian who did kill.  \n\nThat said- Christianity does have a lot of blood on it's hands, as do many religions.  Crusades, Witch Burnings, and Genicides.  They are even happening today... a religion doesn't protect it's followers from turning evil.
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As a matter of fact there are some Jews who believe that Jesus is the Son of God. They have a website actually, though I can't remeber it now. I think it's called Jews for Chirst or something like that. They are in the minority however.\n\nI do know many Jews are put off by Jesus Christ, because many arrogant people (including some Christians) like to blame the Jews for the death of Christ. They seem to forget that GOD KILLED CHRIST. Not the Jews, not the Romans. God killed his own son, because it was part of His plan for the redemption of mankind.\n\nI also think because of all of the warnings about idol worshiping and false gods in the Old Testament some Christians (not all) tend to be a little over hyper about their attitude towars people of other religons. They don't truly mean any harm, you understand. But there is no need to degrade some one else's religon because they belive differently then you do. I don't think God's impressed with that. Just the oposite.\n\nI do believe God is concerned about our faith. I also believe God will be concerned when we stand before him about how we treated the Jews, Muslims, Gentiles the Non-Christians, if you know what I mean.\n\nYes I am a Christian.
7026
Primarily because it was popular to do so at the time.  Hitler believed in a conspiracy theory that said the Jews wanted to take over the world.   Hitler wrote (well he dictated it and it was heavily edited) called Mein Kampf - My Struggle in English, that does shed some light on his anti-Semitism (hating of the Jewish people)  I've included some resources below that may help you in your research. \n\n(I am not Jewish, but in an effort to be unbiased I must disclose that I do have Jewish relatives. The links I provided I have found personally useful and I find their coverage of the Holocaust to almost universally accepted.  There are however small groups which feel that the Holocaust never happened.  You will have to draw your own conclusions.  I was not alive then but the historical records and primary source material I have consulted have convinced me of the horrible reality of the Holocaust or Shoah.)
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because history does not want to repeat this.  but unfortunely it is happening.  instead of the germans and the jews it is with the muslims and the christians.  Over in muslim countries they are killing christians just because they are christians, the same way the germans started killing the jews.  It really gives you something to think about in what is going on in the world today!
1173468
Hitler was NOT a Christian.  There are many who claim to be yet know nothing of the Love of Jesus.
756683
Brooke, I sympathize. They can't handle historical fact - all they have is their one book, and they believe everything in it. So outside fact has no meaning. If the bible told them the sky was pink, they would look at it and say "what a pretty pink sky". If you told them it was blue, they would argue forever about how the bible says it's pink, so it's pink. They still refuse to accept that Hitler was a Christian, even though we've provided tons of evidence that he slaughtered the Jews due to his religious beliefs. Don't take it too personally - the christers don't like people messing with their world view.
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You obviously do ,but i got news for you not every one is like you and to say the maximum people is incorrect.\n\nbillions of people on this planet dont even know what Jews are.\n\nthe reason for their continuous persequesions are ,because theologically speaking they betrayed jesus and denied him as their king or something\n\nthey also have been bankers , like for ever,and many people.\nowed money to Jewish banks.Often it was easier to kill them ,than to pay them back.\n\nYes, it is true Jew s are disliked by many people but globally speaking this is still a very small percent, to say the maximum ,borders on a racist remark.\n\nI am sure some jewish people will take this issue up with you in much more detail.
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The Jews and the Christians have the same God.  They both believe the old testament.  Jews just don't believe that Jesus Christ was God's son.  They believe in the same God, but the Jews just have a different name for God (just like Savior, Father, the Holy Spirit).  I woudl know, I'm Jewish, but I used to be a Christian.
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I don't know how you got those facts but i am not surprised, a lot of Christians are killed for their faith. Many especially those who live in countries dominated by Muslims and communist are continually persecuted until they change or die.\n\nJesus said it already in Matthew.24:9 "Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake."\n\nI think that is what we have been seeing over time. There is another scripture that says a time will come when someone who kills you will think he is doing God a favor.\n\nI hope i answered your question.
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It is only right to place the Jews first on the list of the Nazis' victims.\n\nHowever millions of Catholics and other Christians were also killed. No one knows exactly how many. I've seen claims of up to 42,000,000 but I could not find documentation for this number.\n\nAlso remember most the the allied military dead were Christians.
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There most certainly are people who believe not only that the Holocaust never happened, but that all of the pictures, etc were faked. There's an entire generation of young adults in Germany who were taught absolutely nothing about the Holocaust & it was only after the Fall of the Berlin Wall that they began to realize they'd had a "glossed over" version of history. I don't care how much you dislike a subject in history, it happened & can't be changed & SHOULDN'T be re-written to make it palatable or p.c. If you don't learn from history, you are doomed to repeat the same mistakes.
106126
Jews weren't the only ones, there were plenty of others killed by the nazis in their quest for world domination and the perfect race.  But the jewish people were predominatly the ones that were victimized and had the largest numbers killed.  The why is simple, hatred of something they didn't understand and scapegoating a race of people just so they could have someone to blame for germanys ills.
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As pointed out by above answers Jews do not claim they crucified Jesus. Even if some jews are involved it would not for a just God to send all jews to hell, for the crime some did. From a christain point of view those who crucified Jesus, did something which resulted in whole christians go into heaven.(I am not christian and do not believe in this)
212524
Christians are not being guilt tripped by Jews, they are being guilt tripped by their own Christianity.\n\nSo, the remedy is for everyone to renounce Christianity and convert to Judaism!
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Forgive me for asking this, as it was mainly for "THE CHRISTIANS" You all do know it was writen by jews, right?
678359
The Holocaust (as opposed to lower-case "holocaust") is the systematic murder of 6 million Jews and approximately the same number of non-Jews by Nazi Germany led by Adolph Hitler.  Yes, it happened.  There are still survivors alive today who were there, as well as Americans, British, etc. who were involved in the liberation of the death camps who also witnessed the devastation.\n\nThe main deniers today are Moslems, as well as organized racist groups in Western countries (such as the American Nazi Party and the Ku Klux Klan in the US).
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I don't know the real scientific answer, but I think people hate any people that survive any persecution.  They think it's sneaky, but if you want to survive, you work hard to do so!  People make Jewish people the scapegoat for all their problems.  Many Christians enjoy blaming Jews for the death of Christ, but Christ was a Jew himself - so it's quite illogical.  \n\nThey've survived the Spanish Inquisition, the Holocaust, and many years of being thrown out of various countries to this day for the simple reason that they are usually a small population and a minority religion within the region.  They keep their spirit and religion in their daily life.  They stick to their values from generation to generation.  I admire their continuity.