Quote Originally Posted by Great Spirit
Ask yourself though.....what would compell the Germans to do such a crime? I mean burning people alive?? I thought humanity would have evolved by now!!
They gassed them first and then burned the bodies. On Hitler's birthday, they shot prisoners in the head to celebrate it - this is on the link that I referenced above.

The human condition is not "evolved" - and Nazi Germany was just one manifistation of extreme stupidity in the name of "patriotism". Of course, the assets of Jews, and other groups that were considered enemies of the state, were confiscated by those in power. When masses join these extreme movements, anything can happen because it's a mob mentality.