As a Jew whose family tree mostly stops in 1941, I think understanding the psychology of Nazi (both the rank-and-file and their leadership) is extremely importa

As a Jew whose family tree mostly stops in 1941, I think understanding the psychology of Nazi (both the rank-and-file and their leadership) is extremely important. The Nazi phenomenon is not an anomaly, it arose from psychological biases and tendencies that people continue to exhibit today. The organizing principles and psychological dispositions of mass murder need to be understood in detail in order to be undermined. You can't just say "Nazis were monsters" and leave it at that, you'll end up very superficially stigmatizing the names and symbols of Nazi Germany without actually combatting the resurgence of similar movements. For example, I suspect a significant portion of this website, in the right circumstances, could end up doing the same things as Eichmann. He didn't shoot anyone or even order anyone's death (and was very adamant about that point). Instead, he engineered deportations and seemed to enjoy the efficiency and elegance of the processes he designed. Eichmann wasn't particularly ideological or hateful. His motivation was to "succeed" and he did so on the terms of his society and generation.