One of the truly troubling aspects of the Holocaust is that it was a human problem, not a German problem. There is much discussion about what was wrong with the Germans that they could do this, however, the evidence clearly shows that people from all of the European states that were invaded by Germany quickly and easily joined in.
That is not to say that no one resisted or refused to participate but a startling number of people did participate and a much larger number simply looked the other way. Let me also clarify that Germany was clearly responsible for the Holocaust and Hitler and his minions devised and carried out this evil. They simply did not do it alone.
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has a good video for remembrance week. It's about 9 minutes but worth a watch.
"The road to Auschwitz was built by hatred, but paved with indifference." -Ian Kershaw
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I'm reading the book Power of One right now (did you reccomend that one to me?) and it has really opened my eyes that the "master race" and similiar prejudice was/is a world problem and not stricktly German. So sad.
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