they might have gotten away with exterminating all the Jews If they hadn't started the war, they wouldn't have had access to most of the Jews. Only around ~560

they might have gotten away with exterminating all the Jews If they hadn't started the war, they wouldn't have had access to most of the Jews. Only around ~560,000 Jews lived in prewar Germany whereas Poland had over 3 million alone. The Nazis would've needed the cooperation of the other governments in their plan.