The poll, which surveyed more than 7,000 people across Austria, France, Germany, Britain, Hungary, Poland and Sweden, didn’t only discover ignorance. It exposed bigotry.
Nearly a quarter of the respondents said Jews have too much influence in conflict and wars. More than a quarter believe that Jews have too much influence in business and finance. Nearly one in five believe that most anti-Semitism is a response to the behavior of Jews. Roughly a third say Jews use the Holocaust to advance their own goals. Just 54 percent say Israel has the right to exist as a Jewish state.
So, people are frustrated, don't have the strength to look themselves in the eye, wouldn't know what to do if they did, and so look for a socially acceptable and therefore safe scapegoat. It's sad, and extremely hard on civilization, that so few get a proper kindergarten training even in their senior years.