What evidence did the Nazis have or cite that led them to believe Jews controlled the world?

by ajrhug

it seems to me they just up and decided one day that jews=illuminati, illuminati=bad ergo jews=bad. what was their reasoning, and what evidence did they even use (made up or otherwise) that jews somehow controlled the world?

caBALLERo14

Part of the answer is that in 1930's Europe, lots of people didn't need to hear evidence about how bad the Jews were, they already disliked Jews for other reasons. This was true not just in Germany, but in France and lots of other European countries.

So when the Nazi propaganda machine started churning out manifestos blaming Germany's national problems on Jews, and dramatic films confirming many widely-held and very old stereotypes about Jewish people's inherent wickedness or otherness, people were likely to believe it.

Searocksandtrees