The holocaust represented a specific type of evil. a systematic and bureaucratically organized evil. sponsored by the state and using all of the power and the mechanisms available to a modern government to identify. concentrate. and ultimately murder a segment of its citizens. Representatives in the Reichstag passed legislation defining Jews and prohibiting their interaction with the "Aryan Master Race." Postmen delivered these "decrees." Church and health ministries aided in the identification of Jews. The Treasury systematically audited and confiscated all Jewish possessions and supervised the process of its redistribution. while transportation and travel departments arranged train schedules for deportation and billing procedures for oneway journeys to the camps. All of these processes were legal. sanctioned by the state. approved by its politicians and encouraged by the population. The Attorney General of Germany even apologized for the limited role that he could play in the extermination of the Jews.
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