Nazi Eugenics

While reading the selection for class, the section on the reasons for conducting the scientific eugenic experiments really struck me.  Nazi doctors and scientists didn't perform these experiments or conduct the "Final Solution" because they hated the Jews, but because they thought the Jews were inferior and could better serve society if they became test subjects.  The scientists and doctors didn't think they were doing anything wrong, in fact, they thought they were helping society by getting rid of undesirable traits.  The fact that Hitler was able to conduct such a societal switch, where he could make masses of people believe that what he was doing was not only justified, but would benefit society, is incredibly impressive, but as equally terrifying.  I believe this is why Nazi Germany and Hitler were so powerful, he was able to not only physically over power people, but mentally overpower them as well.