Jews Responsible for the Significant Loss of Germans in World War I

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Introduction
The First World War, the most appallingly savage global conflict in all preceding history,
had an insightful impact on world Jewry (Scheff, Daniel & Sterphone, 2018). This was because
of the existence of a considerable amount of concentration of Jews within one of the fundamental
grounds, the mobilization of unprecedented numbers of Jews to the armies of the belligerent
countries along with the accomplishments of Jewish leaders in leveraging the dogmatic policies
of major powers (Voigtländer & Voth, 2015). Furthermore, elevating rate of apprehensions
during the war years intensified the hostile attitudes towards the Jews specifically in Germany as
well as in Eastern Europe (Eckardt, 2017). The following research paper will argue on the way
Jews were primarily responsible for the significant loss of the Germans in the First World War.
Research Question
How were the Jews responsible for the significant loss of the Germans in World War I?
Hypothesis
Jews were responsible for the major loss of the Germans in World War I. (H1)
Jews were not responsible for the major loss of the Germans in World War I. (H0)
Rationale
During the early phase of 19th Century, there had been observed a substantial amount of
anti-Semitism in Europe (Voigtländer & Voth, 2015). This had further been noted that in the
Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler argued that the Germans who inaccurately signified them as Aryan
race was regarded to be superior to all others. Takala & Auvinen, (2016) further stated that
Jewish were primarily responsible for Germans to lose the First World War. Studies conducted
by Mach, (2017) revealed the way Hitler claimed that Jews who constituted an insignificant
proportion of 1% of the populace were gradually conquering the nation by regulating the major

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political party in Germany known as the German Social Democrat Party along with several
recognized organizations and nations’ newspapers. The fact as per the perspective of Takala &
Auvinen (2016) that Jews have achieved significant positions in a democratic society was
considered as an argument against democracy- a hundred blockheads which do not equal one
man in wisdom. It was perceived that the Jews were primarily involved with Communists in a
Joint conspiracy in order to acquire the world (Voigtländer & Voth, 2015). Hitler argued that the
amalgamation of Jews and Marxists had already attained significant success in Russia and
claimed to have threatened the rest of Europe. Studies conducted by Takala & Auvinen (2016)
disclosed that once Hitler attained decisive position he exhibited immediate articulation towards
anti-Semitic notions (Spielvogel, 2016). Furthermore, a crucial factor facilitating such an anti-
Semitic narrative in order to flourish relied on the Spartacist uprising of early 1900s in Germany.
However, Gluckstein (2018) shed light on the primary aim of the Spartacist which was to
replicate the Russian Revolution of 1917 in Germany supposing that influence, power and
prosperity must be shared equally among working sections that should operate German society.
Literature Review
During the First World War, an approximate of 100,000 German Jews proudly served in
military uniform as armed soldiers, sailors, executives, administrators and airmen. However,
Housden, (2018) found that far from a superior public opinion of Germany’s Jewish citizens
following Germany’s major defeat there was observed a subsequent increase in anti-Semitic
narratives. Furthermore, scholars in their research mentioned that among certain common myths
disseminated during assertions revealed that Jews were primarily war profiteering at home
(Takala & Auvinen, 2016). The first explanation for alleging Jews for Germans’ significant loss
occurred when the Germans military forces returned home in defeat in November 1918. The