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Originally Posted by endo
It can be argued that many were insane, but many were of above average intelligence and calculated the murders they committed to a tee.
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What's unbelievable to me is that prior to the Holocaust, many of the Nazi members were good people, but when Hitler rose to power, he amplified all of their secret desires to murder. This led to them having concern towards the Jews the same way they'd worry about rocks. These were otherwise rational, kind folks who had their thoughts corrupted by an evil ideology of hate. Hitler's speeches instilled an insane hatred for Jews, and this was the framework for how they could bring about so many deaths and not have it on their conscience - Of course it's obvious they were deranged for doing this, but we've also gotta look at all the misery that compounded their craziness. Germany was pretty chaotic before WWII occured, and seeing as Hitler rescued their economy, they felt more justified in adopting his views.