I've been reading up on the history of Christianity out of my own curiosity and reading about all the different factions of the same religion at war with each other and committing genocide against other religions got me thinking about Nazi Germany. So I looked up the percentage of German population and found the majority to be Protestant. I thought that was interesting and I kind of put that aside not thinking a whole lot of it. I don't know much about religion. I continued on reading about the history of Christianity and I just got to the Reformation. Made a quick observation on the parallels between Tetzel and televangelists and the indulgence market. Then I got to Martin Luther and found out he was a major influence on the formation of protestantism. So I wondered if there was a connection there and low and behold I found out about his book "on the Jews and thier lies". I would think this, the writings of Friedrich Nietzche, a manchild with a troubled childhood, a majority of Protestant faith living under a collapsing economy, social phenomenon such as that found in the milgram studies, and group thinking would be enough to create a recipe for disaster. So I wonder how much of an influence these writing of Martin Luther had an impact on Hitler. I wonder how much of an influence the writings of Friedrich Nietzche had on Hitler. Also, do you think he ever knew he had Jewish ancestry? It just amazes me how insane and hateful people and especially groups of people can be. I think I have a clearer picture on this dark episode in human history but there's also a lot I don't know. Does anyone else have any input?