Read the quotation by joseph goebbels. with respect to the jewish question, the führer has decided to make a clean sweep. he prophesied to the jews that if they again brought about a world war, they would live to see their annihilation in it. that wasn’t just a catch-word. the world war is here, and the annihilation of the jews must be a necessary consequence. according to goebbels, hitler promised the jews that they would be eliminated if they a. refused to relocate to the ghettos. b. brought about another world war. c. refused to give up their possessions. d. promoted anti-nazi propaganda.

The correct answer is B.

One of the arguments that Hitler had already used to spread his antisemitic ideas during his ascension to power, was that Jews had caused the previous war (WWI) and had betrayed Germans, bringing defeat and misery, while they had managed to remain rich and powerful.

When Hitler and his territorial expansions triggered the start of WWII, Jewish people were deported to separated areas in the cities called ghettos or Jewish Quartiers. When ghettos were not enough for the nazi leaders, and the extermination of the Jews was decided with the adoption of the so-called Final Solution to the Jewish Question, Goebbels claimed that Hitler was simply doing what he had warned to those that were guilty of the miseries and conflicts that affected the German people.