Originally Posted by phil88

Perhaps too simple an answer!

One must remember that according to the Germans own records, only now opened up for research scrutiny, 11 million people were executed or died from disease and malnutrition during WWII at the hands of the Nazis. Six million odd of these were Jewish.

The main point I want to bring up is not their hatred of Jews, well enough known. but their obsession with racial purity. AS such, all deformities and congenital defects, mental illnesses, homosexuality etc were considered abhorrent and these together with the lesser races, slavs, Romeny's, blacks etc made up with political opponents, the 5 million 'others' Eugenics played as big as role for the Nazis as did hatred for the Jews.

be thankful reason prevailed, those that fought that epic struggle are not called the 'Greatest generation' for nothing.

Phil88