WWII in Germany...

[Alardem]

Why does any asshole want to do nasty things to a scapegoat? Because [insert reason here]

Sad thing is, we shouldn't think of the Holocaust as unique as that diminishes the value placed on current genocides. Hitler himself called back to the atrocities of the Ottoman Empire when he said "Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?" in preparing to slaughter the Poles.