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The Holocaust could have been stopped if the US and other countries stepped in from the beginning with the knowledge that they had of the mass murders. Even the press had knowledge of the massacre of the Jews in Europe. For example the World Jewish Congress sent a world known rabbi Stephen Wise a telegram concerning the mass murders, and since the US was at war, all telegrams had to go through the government at the time. When it reached the state department, they held on to it the telegram for three months before handing it over to the Rabbi. The US should have stepped in way sooner than they did. For these reasons the Holocaust could have been stopped before over six million innocent Jews and over six million innocent non-Jewish victims were forever lost to the furnaces of the Nazis.

AnswerWhat form would effective 'stepping in' have taken? AnswerFrom a historical perspective, once WW2 began, there was virtually nothing that any country except Germany could have done to stop the Holocaust. At best, certain actions by the Allies (and the Holy See) could have reduced the number of people murdered, but the practical realities of the Holocaust are such that only the Germans themselves could have actually halted it. Given the level of control that the Nazi party had on the German nation, there is no realistic scenario where a revolt or protest or anything similar could have stopped it. At best, the only real hope to have stopped the Holocaust would have been a successful coup by the German Army against Hitler (there were several attempts, none successful), as this would have brought the war to an immediate end.

Any chance to actually stop the Holocaust would have had to involve the removal from power of Adolf Hitler prior to WW2. There is no real basis for speculation on how that might have happened, or if anyone would have thought it was a worthwhile goal achievable by realistic efforts.

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Firstly, do you know what is holocaust? Do you mean it by is the holocaust event suppose to happen? If so, you are a racist because holocaust is something about Hitler and his Nazi Party killing ALL , I mean ALL, regardless Communist or NON-Communist Jews. Therefore if holocaust is something that should happen, you are a racist because this kills many (in terms of about 5 to 6 millions) innocent Jews even though there might some, but unknown and very few might be really that bad as Hitler claim. Even so, he should only purge those "bad" people who are arrogrant and prevent other from success but not the whole race. (Yes- Hitler was frustrated about the Jews, who had no home land as they lived in Israel was chase out by the ancient Romans Empire in thousand years ago yet had many authority and they were unusually rich. The Germans , who had their homeland, were suffering from poverty after World War 1 because of the stupid Treaty of Versallies. Therefore, his jealousy and his failure at his beginning of his life by unabling to attend art schools because of their inability to apperciate Hitler's art that had made him hate Jews, who own these schools.) PS: Is EVERY Jews that rich and powerful? I don't know. However, most of them were.

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The 'Holocaust' did happen. There is ample documentation and physical evidence to prove it. That is evidence enough without testimony of those poor souls that actually survived it.

Many attempts are made to minimize its extent, to justify its brutal atrocities, or to dismiss it as misguided nationalism. In some respects, it is comparable to other instances of historical genocides (Armenia, Rwanda, Bangladesh, Bosnia). But it remains unprecedented in its scale and organization.

Its denial in publication is a criminal offense in Germany and other European countries, serving as a continuing reminder of how the world has come to view its inhuman nature.

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The vast majority of the victims of the Holocaust were from countries outside of Germany, mostly in Eastern European countries such as Poland, Ukraine, and Romania. If World War 2 never occurred he couldn't have had complete control over the populations of those countries.

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It is hard to see exactly what could have been done to stop it. Please also see the related question.

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