Why were the Jews symbolized?

Answer 1

Nazi iconography of Jews was vicious, vile and revolting, as one would expect. It was largely based on the images published in Streicher's weekly Der Stürmer. This rag appeared from 1923-1945. The images were mainly malicious Cartoons based on traditional stereotypes.

Steicher himself was an odious man. He shamelessly misused his role as Gauleiter (regional party supremo) of Franconia (Northern Bavaria). He took a most unhealthy interest in male juvenile delinquents (such as teenage gang members) and paid them highly unwelcome visits in their cells. The Nuremberg Tribunal convicted him of crimes against humanity. He was sentenced to death and hanged.

Answer 2

The Jewish dead of the Holocaust were symbolised as they represented the largest single group target for death by the Nazi government. It is also felt amongst the Jewish community that the geocidal acts committed by the Nazi govenment were the culmination of centuries of anti-semitism. However the Jewish dead only represent around half the total killed by the Germans, with the other half being a mix of Slavic, Romani, homosexual, the disabled, Political and religious opponents such as Freemasons and Jehovas witnesses, captured Soviet citizens and prisoners of war and the Polish.

Answer 3

Same reason anyone has symbol.