Why might someone believe von konigshofen's assertion that the jews were killed for their money?

One might believe von Konigshofen's assertion about the Jews being killed because of their money because of two reasons:

1. Relatively big percentage of the Jews had their own business and were financially well situated, and were on a higher financial level on average than the other ethnicities.

2. Lots of Jews rejected to make their profits from their own businesses available to the national-socialist party for production of weapons and military advancements which angered the authorities which desperately needed any extra money.

frederick william of brandenburg-prussia trained his son, frederick, to be a hardy soldier. but frederick disliked rifle shooting and horseback riding. unlike his father, he was interested in french literature. he enjoyed poetry and music and, like some others of the enlightenment, he scoffed at religion. his father thought him soft, frivolous and unmindful of his duties. and when frederick refused to put his signature on a right to succession, for a few moments his father strangled him.

roosevelt believed that in light of the country's recent military successes, it was unnecessary to use force to achieve foreign policy goals, so long as the military could threaten force. this belief, and his strategy of “speaking softly and carrying a big stick,” shaped much of roosevelt's foreign policy.