On January 30, 1939, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler gave a speech before the Reichstag (German parliament). Towards the end of his lengthy speech, Hitler addressed the “Jewish Question.” He proclaimed that if there was another world war, it would be the fault of Jewish people and that such a war would lead to the "annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe." His speech referenced multiple antisemitic conspiracy theories, falsely blaming Jews for both war and Communism. Hitler gave this speech at a time of international tension, as he was provoking war with neighboring countries.
The peoples [of the earth] will soon realize that Germany under National Socialism does not desire the enmity of other peoples. ... I want once again to be a prophet. If the international Finance-Jewry inside and outside of Europe should succeed in plunging the peoples of the earth once again into a world war, the result will be not the Bolshevization of earth, and thus a Jewish victory, but the annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe.
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