I don't fear G-d. I think he is a jerk. If G-d is so great, how come he let 6 million Jews die in the camps. I don't buy Chaim's reason for it. He said that the reason they died in the camps, was because they wouldn't go to Israel when Hitler rose to power. I don't think so. They just didn't think that Hitler was a threat.
But
why didn't the Jews in Europe view Hitler as a threat?
What made them disregard Hitler and the Nazis?
The Jews in Europe were comfortable in their lives. They didn't want to move to Israel. They had accumulated business, property, status and wealth.
The Diaspora was supposed to be punishment...not a vacation.
When the Nazis began to rise to power and advertise their intentions for a "Final Solution"...the Jews in Europe disregarded the Nazi threat because they also disregarded the punishment of Diaspora.
If they had remembered their true purpose...they would have seen the threat RIGHT AWAY.
But, they had forgotten their true purpose...and that is why they never saw the threat coming. They intentionally ignored the threat...just like they intentionally ignored their purpose.
The same thing that happend to Jews in Europe during the 1930s is happening to Jews in America right now. Many American Jews have forgotten their true purpose. They are comfortable in their lives. They have forgotten that the Diaspora is punishment. Hashem has given American Jews almost 60s years since the creation of Israel to get out of America. Soon, if the Jews don't leave willingly...I fear Hashem will use force to make Jews return to Israel. That "force" may come in the form of the 3rd world invasion of America.