Why the Jews, Hitler?

In my original blog post about World War II, my wondered why Hitler chose the Jews as victims. After doing some research, I discovered that Hitler believed socialism was a Jewish conspiracy. Hitler observed that many socialist leaders, like Karl Marx and Leon Trotsky, were Jewish. He believed the Jews were discouraging the war effort, and often spoke out against them. The Jews had been prosecuted over the years, so were supporting socialism because of the promised equality. Once Hitler was recognized as an enemy to socialism, he was taken in by the German Army, and lectured soldiers. He told them that Germany lost the Great War because the Jews and Marxists had betrayed their country. Since socialism was popular after the Great War, Hitler called his new political set up 'Nationalist' Socialism to appeal to the country. In his plans, all people of 'German blood' would be considered equal, and the 'aliens' (such as Jews) would lose their rights as citizens. Hitler became more popular, and now, he propagated that Jews were the cause of modern art, pornography, and prostitution, as well as the cause of Germany's defeat in World War I. He also claimed that they were plotting to take over the world. This all happened before Hitler became Chancellor of Germany.

Although I did not find why Hitler picked the Jews in my research, I can guess. The Jews had been picked on before, and Hitler had a root of hatred against them. Another explanation is that Hitler thought the Jews would be easy targets, since they were a minority and had been in the past.