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Technically there was no Holocaust, but Hitler's intent was there.
On Jan 30, 1939, Hitler made a speech to the Reichstag. The speech concludes, “Today I want to be a prophet again: If international finance Jewry inside and outside Europe succeeds in precipitating the nations into a world war, the result will not be the Bolshevisation of the earth and with it the victory for Jewry, but the annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe.”
Its clear that Hitler blamed the Jews for the resistance to his ambitions and the hostility to Germany. War broke out, and millions of Jews fell under his sway. He blamed the Jews and seized the opportunity to destroy the Jews of Europe. Hitler could not grasp the obvious: the nations of Europe would have opposed his plans, if Nazi ideology had not been antisemitic.

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Technically there was no Holocaust, but Hitler's intent was there.

Just for clarification, you are implying prior to 42, right?