My question is: When it comes to the Holocaust, which of the areas of study do you agree with? Why?
There are two areas of study to the Holocaust:
Intentionalist - Intentionalists say that if you remove Hitler, you would have no Holocaust. He alone was responsible for it, and the only reason it happened was because Hitler indocrtinated Nazi Germany in to his beliefs.
Functionalist - If you remove Hitler, the Holocaust STILL would have happened. The Holocaust was really a culmination of events that were set in motion as early as the Spanish Inquisition. Germany prior to Hitler even was somewhat anti-semetic. Hitler was simply a means to an end of events that were set in motion before he was even born.
I've spent a good deal of time pondering this question, but I'm curious what other people who are interested in or study history think. Debate away.
2007-03-22
04:49:41
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Mr. L
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