I’m also having trouble connecting the dots between the functionalist position that the Holocaust was caused by mid-level Nazi bureaucrats and the assertion that the Holocaust would not have happened were it not for the war.
It’s not just a “mid-level vs. top-level” split, but a question of when something like the Holocaust was formulated or became likely to happen. “Hitler planned it all along” sets a much earlier date than “mid-level bureaucrats were competing for Nazi brownies during the War.”
I’m also having trouble connecting the dots between the functionalist position that the Holocaust was caused by mid-level Nazi bureaucrats and the assertion that the Holocaust would not have happened were it not for the war.
It’s not just a “mid-level vs. top-level” split, but a question of when something like the Holocaust was formulated or became likely to happen. “Hitler planned it all along” sets a much earlier date than “mid-level bureaucrats were competing for Nazi brownies during the War.”