In a time of economic depression and hurt national honor, the people of a nation are most likely to group together and seek a savior from the current situation. If not for the wounded economy and people, the Nazis Party would have never gained enough power to rule over the country of Germany. Adolfo Hitler was the leader of this party and had extreme unrivaled power over his fellow Germans. The man got what he wanted, and this included the systematic murder and mistreatment of the native Jews. To be able to carry out systematic murder of a people, Hitler believed and taught that the Jews were responsible for the current depression in the country. He blamed them for their loss of the war and made them out to be below the non-Jews in Germany. They were not of the "master race" that would purge the land of all lower races. This is how he created reason for his massacre of the Jews in Germany under his new regime.
For many people, they either did not understand why they had lost their freedom to Hitler's regime or did not care. These people did nothing to stop Hitler and his rule. Others did not obey his authority and rose up because they understood the truth about their ruler, and did not like it. For all those who stood by and watched the Holocaust happen, Hitler was a fearsome and scary authoritarian figure, and because of his power, it was too dangerous do anything for the Jews. This type of overly powerful totalitarian figure in charge of the government would be needed for this type of slaughter to occur again. If people are too scared of rising up against a monarch, then there is nothing to stop that monarch from doing whatever they wish to their people.
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