Posted: Dec 08, 2016 9:41 am
Imagine Hitler didn't go to war and was satisfied with his lebensraum after the return of the Versailles territories, the Anschluss and the annexation of Czechoslovakia. There is no Second World War.
However, his persecution of the Jews and other minorities continues to escalate until full blown genocide is conducted by the Third Reich within its borders. Eventually, shocking footage of the Holocaust is leaked from Germany while Hitler still has an iron grip on power.
How would history have panned out? Would Hitler have been viewed as a Central European Stalin, a genocidal murderer but "acceptable" due to his containment. Would the concepts of war crimes and crimes against humanity have been developed?
However, his persecution of the Jews and other minorities continues to escalate until full blown genocide is conducted by the Third Reich within its borders. Eventually, shocking footage of the Holocaust is leaked from Germany while Hitler still has an iron grip on power.
How would history have panned out? Would Hitler have been viewed as a Central European Stalin, a genocidal murderer but "acceptable" due to his containment. Would the concepts of war crimes and crimes against humanity have been developed?