The Holocaust is probably the most well-known of genocides . In the 1940s , Nazi Germany , led by Adolf Hitler , began a systematic purge against the Jewish people living in Europe , killing around six million Jews by the end of World War II . It is clear that some Germans are culpable for the Holocaust ; SS officers and soldiers clearly bought into the Jewish genocide and participated as executioners , jailers , and hunters ( for hiding Jews ) . However , a broader statement is harder to make — as seen below , not all Germans wanted to kill the Jews . When bringing the concept of peer pressure into the Holocaust , German culpability is even harder to decide
The Holocaust
The Holocaust
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