The unified state and the common enemy

When I read the excerpts from various ideological works, I try and read with an open mind and to understand what the author's aim is. Obviously, this is difficult when reading something written that with such vehement hatred for a group of people.

So while my own morals and beliefs will prevent me from ever understanding Adolf Hitler's hatred for the Jews, I can understand it on a political and propagandist standpoint. Certainly, Hitler had an all-consuming hatred for anyone who wasn't Aryan, but so much of his rhetoric is clearly aimed at trying to unify the German people against a common enemy. It makes sense, of course. By 1933, the Germany economy and state had been completely ravaged, and the nation was at risk of falling to pieces. A once proud culture was being reduced to nothing. Hitler aimed to unify and strengthen the people by finding a common enemy to fight against. It would have been more logical to place blame on the Western European community that had forced Germany to pay harsh reparations for the First World War, but it also would have been impossible to take on such a powerful group of nations.

With an already ingrained hatred for the Jewish culture, Hitler instead built a powerful propaganda machine against the Jews, a group that throughout history has been consistently subjugated and terrorized. The reason for Hitler's vilification of the Jews and his claims that they had built their religion to allow their race to pass unnoticed allowed the Aryan people to disassociate themselves from any positive ties they might have with the Jewish community. Hitler simply used the Jews as a platform to rebuild his adopted nation.