Why were Jews an especially useful scapegoat for Nazis in the interwar years?

Question

a) Large numbers of Jews had come to Germany in the previous half century, stimulating latent German anti-Semitism.
b) The Weimar government had already begun the Nazis’ work by placing special taxes on Jews.
Consider This: Adolf Hitler claimed that rich Jews stole from Germans and poor Jews were parasites on the German economy. See 12.3: Nazism and Germany.
c) Talking about Jews was a useful way for Nazis to refer to Russians, whom they feared, especially since many Jews had emigrated to Germany from Russia.
Consider This: Adolf Hitler claimed that rich Jews stole from Germans and poor Jews were parasites on the German economy. See 12.3: Nazism and Germany.
d) Nazis would have preferred to go after Christians first, but realized that they needed to go slowly and so began with Jews.
Consider This: Adolf Hitler claimed that rich Jews stole from Germans and poor Jews were parasites on the German economy. See 12.3: Nazism and Germany.

Answer 1

a) Large numbers of Jews had come to Germany in the previous half century, stimulating latent German anti-Semitism.