the nazis blamed the jewish people for germany's defeat in world war i. this is known as the stab in the back myth. the nazis also blamed the jewish people for rapid inflation and practically every other economic woe facing germany at the time as a result of their defeat in world war i. for this reason, the nazis not only viewed the jewish people as inferior to them, but as oppressors of the aryan people who were creating inequality. the nazis' tactic of lazily albeit effectively blaming the jewish people for all of germany's problems is a propaganda tactic known as scapegoating and was used to justify the great atrocities committed by the nazis against the jewish people.