Why does The Holocaust persist in haunting our conscience? Why does it dominate the introspection of philosophers and historians alike? By the numbers alone, the murders were not unprecedented. At that juncture of 20th Century history, Stalin and Lenin had already brutally murdered tens of millions. The Holocaust fascinates not because of its numbers, but because of the means employed. At no point in time had an entire society dedicated its full might to the perpetual elimination of those unwanted elements of the population. Every aspect of Hitlers National Socialism was geared towards cleansing and improving the breeding stock of Germania. Hitlers National Socialist government was focused on the breeding, education, and training of a master race. The social, cultural, legislative, and industrial mechanisms of Hitlers National Socialism were designed to perpetually select its populace. The central planners of National Socialism would select those that would live, those that would die, and those that would be sterilized slave labor. National Socialism was intended to have the total control to decide who would be allowed to procreate, and as a result, those that would be allowed to contribute to Hitlers ideal society.
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