Frankly, I’m not convinced Hitler even meant Jews. He just needed some boogeyman against whom he could rally the Germans after WWI. The vague “bankers, capitalists, and Jews” fit that bill, even though Jews had been productive members of German society for centuries.
Yes but Jews was quick and easy and they were a traditional scapegoat. I think that is what made it so evil. They were eradicating the Jews....just because.