page_title: Jewish war conspiracy theory
hierarchical_section_title: Jewish war conspiracy theory
caption_attribution_description: English: Nazi propaganda poster blaming Jews for the war
context_page_description: The idea of a Jewish war against Nazi Germany, allegedly declared by Chaim Weizmann in 1939, is an antisemitic conspiracy theory promoted in Nazi propaganda which asserts that Jews, acting as a single historical actor, started World War II and sought the destruction of Germany. This false notion was used to justify the persecution of Jews under German control on the grounds that the Holocaust was justified self-defense against the alleged Jewish threat. Since the end of World War II, the theory is popular among Holocaust deniers.
context_section_description: The idea of a Jewish war against Nazi Germany, allegedly declared by Chaim Weizmann in 1939, is an antisemitic conspiracy theory promoted in Nazi propaganda which asserts that Jews, acting as a single historical actor, started World War II and sought the destruction of Germany. This false notion was used to justify the persecution of Jews under German control on the grounds that the Holocaust was justified self-defense against the alleged Jewish threat. Since the end of World War II, the theory is popular among Holocaust deniers.
caption: A 1943 Nazi propaganda poster by Mjölnir claims that: "He is to blame for the war!"[1]
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