When the Nazis tattooed numbers on Jewish prisoners, it was done as an affront to their religion

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8. Most Nazis were followers

who joined the party because it gave them permission to hate openly. Otherwise most Nazis weren't in the Jew killing business. And most of those would have never killed any Jews unless they were ordered to.

The scary thing about fascism and Nazism is that it takes a few strong leaders who are willing to pass laws and order others to do the killing because their followers will actually do the killing, even though they would never kill anyone in a normal life. It's the followers that scare the shit out of me.