Yes, you’re right about all of that. But it is critical to understand/remember that those (racial motivations) were Not the underlying cause of the war. Had Hi

Yes, you’re right about all of that. But it is critical to understand/remember that those (racial motivations) were Not the underlying cause of the war. Had Hitler not started off with the lebensraum gag, nobody would have given a damn about it - in practical terms, barring a few strongly worded speeches and possible protests lodged with various German ambassadors. Claiming to fight hatred might have flown well in the media, and that’s one of the reasons the whole antisemitism and eugenics business started to be disliked - because of its association with the 3rd Reich. But no government at the time, a time when all were busy recovering from WWI, would have bothered to send troops to fight the gassing of a few million Jews. Even in recent years/decades, far too many near-genocides (of some African tribes by other African tribes), and currently, the case of the Rohingya moslems in the Burma - all it garners is sharp criticism, occasional sanctions, and a lot tall talking by the UN. And the current level of awareness and popular dislike of these issues is far greater than in the time of WWII.