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Okay a bit of historical word games here then and hypothetical. The main motivator of Nazi Germany was more land... does that mean the slaughter of Jews was not genocide? The extermination of Jews started after the war had begun. The reasons for the war had absolutely nothing to do with Jews. Persecution of Jews was mainstream across the planet, with the Germans just taking it to another level before the war. The treatment of Jews pre 1940 was not much different than the treatment of blacks in the US at the same time.
So was the holocaust genocide or not?
Again we are down to definitions and facts. To me the term genocide is one of the most powerful words in the English language. It does and should mean something extra-ordinary and it should not be abused... and it is the latter that seems to be happening more and more. Yes the holocaust was a genocide, but no the Bosnian massacre or the Saddam Hussien targeting of some Kurds was not. As for the Armenian case, due to the lack of accurate population numbers and the "victors write the history" aspect, then it is hard to call it a genocide... ethnic cleansing sure, but not genocide.
Stop making excuses Dane. We are all well aware of Hitler, of Mein Kampf. THE MAIN MOTIVATOR OF NAZI GERMANY WAS SOCIALISM AND WHITE SUPREMACY. Never make that mistake again. Its evident in the ideology, history, and actions of the Nazi's. Dont excuse the Nazi's again, nor ethnic cleansing.
Im not trying to hear the nazi-appeasing euro view of holocausts.
As you say, history is written by the victors. Think about what that means.