In perhaps the most devastating, destructive and downright terrible event to ever take place on the planet we call home, the German government of the Third Reich sponsored the systematic, methodological and bureaucratic persecution and murder of over eleven million people. Six million of these individuals were of Jewish origin; however, the other five million individuals massacred by the Nazi regime in Germany were Roma gypsies, Slavic peoples, mentally debilitated, communists, socialists, Jehovah's Witnesses and homosexuals. The Holocaust and its accompanying persecution were and are the most devastating and heartbreaking event to ever take place in human history. Why did this happen? Who allowed this to happen? These are questions that every person should know the answer to. The reasons for this event should be in the public domain, so as to avoid, if nothing else, history repeating itself. So how can you kill eleven million people? The answer to the above question is quite simple and obvious; however, to understand the truth and reason behind this sadistic event it is necessary to understand the state of the world at that time. The regime responsible for the massacre of eleven million innocents came to power in a nation of people who longed for better times. These people had lived through the trials and tribulations of a corrupt government, thousands of deaths after the Great War, and the economic ruin that followed the Treaty of Versailles that ended that war. Furthermore, the Great Depression, which spread life across the Western world like a forest fire, left a people desperate for change. Germany was a modern, industrialized country, with well-informed citizens and an active media. The Nation... in the center of the sheet... Hitler's incredible orations lead to his rise to power in Germany. From the chaos of life in the German state a shadowy figure and a curious leader had now emerged. A figure who preached the salvation of the German way of life would ultimately lead to the end of the Republic. Unlike other revolutionaries, Hitler did not start the revolution before coming to power. Hitler did not overthrow the state; he became the head of state, gaining the trust of the German people. This trust of the German population would be important to the Führer as he began his fiery journey through the hills and forests of Europe, which led to the ultimate demise of the vast majority of European Jewry. Hitler's assault on the Semitic population of the German state began as early as the 1920s; However, its first state-mandated and sanctioned anti-Semitic actions began in 1933.