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well the jewish were always blamed for ills - everywhere..

to provide an example , the famous french jewish officer Dreyfuß were send to the french concentration camps in french guyana , after he had stolen a bread for his family after wwI.

even Luther was anti-semitic especially at the end of his life ,- I think this was one of the main reason why protestants were much more nazi-obsessed than katholics.

I would say that germany was as anti-semitic as most other state before hitler came .
The new-anti semitism developed at the end of the 19th century cause of some individuals all over europe but many of them in austria - like this priest.

fact was that jews were very intellectual and more busy which made them quite rich and so many people - especially during the economy crisis in the weimarer republik were envious which at least was one of the main reasons of the strong anti-semitism.

before the economy crisis anti-semitism wasnt that strong - the greatest backer of Wilhelm II was Alber Balin , a german-jew.And during WWI 170 000
german jews fought on the german side.