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Originally Posted by ratbastid
This is TOTALLY a threadjack, but.. That's the first time I've ever heard anyone suggest that Adolf Hilter himself wasn't personally the architect of the holocaust. Is it true? I mean, his name is on Mein Kampf...
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He was the cause of the persecution of Jews, yes. He was only successful in doing so by playing on anti-semetic feelings that were rife in Germany at the time. He was also crazy and considered them the cause of WW2, hence his justification to ask for the Final Solution of the Jewish Question.
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Originally Posted by Wikipedia: Final Solution
There is ample evidence for this view, for example in July 31, 1941, under instructions from Adolf Hitler, Nazi official Hermann Göring ordered SS general Reinhard Heydrich to "submit to me as soon as possible a general plan of the administrative material and financial measures necessary for carrying out the desired final solution of the Jewish question."
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It's impossible to say who came up with the idea of extermination over relocation or another means - there's nothing to suggest that Hitler originally wanted them all dead, just not in Germany. Naturally, being a dictator, he green-lighted the eventual plan, but it was Himmler that oversaw the concentration camps and genuinly took delight in it whereas Hitler was never known to have ever visited one. It's not a common view, but a conclusion I came to myself after 2-odd years studying WW2.