Fionn,I agree that there have been many other great atrocities committed,but few with the cold will and brutal skill of the Nazis. In many of the tests that might determine that a people had reached the pinnacle of civilization,particularly the application and evolution of technology and science,Germany in the 30s and 40s would have passed with flying colors. But that this science,which had taken a place of worship and hope that only God had held before,should be applied by man for the purpose of exterminating his neighbors...it presents a loss not just in terms of human life and potential,but a likewise great loss in man's belief that he is evolving toward the Angel side of his nature,and not the Beast.