text: why did the nazis hate the jews so much as to gas them?   it wasn't just the jews, hun.    the nazis weren't acting out of hate, like stalin.  they were doing what they deemed right.  "the path to hell is paved with good intentions".    they wanted a master race, and sorry to say, but jews, and miscellaneous others did not fit that category.  they did whatever they could to accomplish the master race.  they weren't exactly hating the people.  they were just using the same cruelty we use when we experiment on animals, or give them horribly adverse living conditions.  we view ourselves better, and them as inferior and having no feelings, and no right to live happily.  that's what the nazis did to various people groups.  stalin just treated anyone badly that he could treat badly, and enforced a "harvest of despair".  you should watch the documentary below: