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For questions about The Holocaust, the genocide committed by Nazi Germany under the direction of Adolf Hitler. For any other genocide, use the [genocide] tag. This is a sensitive and heavily-trolled topic (many questions are from holocaust deniers trying to get people to agree with them) so questions on this subject are held to an exceptionally strict standard.

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What was the purpose of Nazi extermination camps?

Goldhagen (Hitler's Willing Executioners), while drawing controversial conclusions, uses standard evidence. Goldhagen's evidentiary basis matches what I've read in Police Battalion studies, for examp …
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How do functionalists explain the fact that Holocaust continued until the very end of the war?

Similarly the idea of the "camp" as an idee fixe of the "Particularly Jewish Holocaust" breaks down when we consider the death rates of Slavic slave labourers in the late war. …
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Why did Nazis burn 628 Belarusian villages to the ground?

Nazis were not primarily in control of German racial policy in the East. The heer was primarily in control. After the heer, security apparatus controlled ultimately by the SS organisation, but often …
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What explanations have been given as to why the Jews were not killed in Italy?

It looks like you’re trying a theoretical comparison of fascisms using a theory of fascism where both Germany and Italy are considered fascist. You ought to consider nationalist revanchevist movements …
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