I was wrong about Hitler

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I have no hesitation now in pronouncing him guilty. For a long time, I had sought a link between Holocaust and Hitler. Oh I presented logical arguments. I pride myself with that. I asked where is the proof linking Hitler to holocaust. There is proof linking most of the others to Holocaust. They visited those concentration camps, they signed papers, they had the statistics, but nothing showed that Hitler went anywhere close to the camps to see how Jews were tormented. That to me sounded strange, because he couldn't possibly have ordered removal of only his role. He would need to clear the name of the entire party! And he couldn't possibly be preparing for defeat, either. I also asked why the concentration camps were situated outside Germany. I reasoned that it may have been because officials who were slyly looting Jews did not want Hitler to know. I reasoned that Hitler did not receive as much of loot so they had more reasons to kill Jews than Hitler. I came up with two posts. In the first, I argued with a very dear friend of mine, Katerina. In the other one, many came including Maluse, who incidentally is German. I was glad that Maluse came there, because in general Germans tend to be logical, so I expected reasons to be presented in the way I understand. Somehow, everybody had accepted Simon Wiesenthal, and I needed more to be convinced. The arguments led me to read more on Holocaust in Wikipedia. I found that Hitler did sign a document for "involuntary euthanesia". That seemed enough evidence at that point of time. But then again my mind said was it, after all he was using Jews in factories, wasn't he? I regained my skepticism on the subject till I argued once more with another friend out here, who is from Israel. I guess she must have hurt, and I am sorry. But there was this need to get to the truth, you see. Again a visit to Wikipedia and this time, I found the answer that I was seeking. I am sharing it here because there can be another person who could argue like me, and would need explanations of the kind that I needed rather than simple faith in Nuremberg trials and Simon Wiesenthal. Please share it like this when the argument follows the same course as mine. a. Aktion T4 is the document signed by Hitler on 1st September 1939 predated or not, permitting "involuntary euthanasia" for incurably sick, which is the other name of murder. The Protestants as well as some Catholics followed Hitler's orders instead of what the Church declared. Most of the mentally infirm were from their institutions. There was no discrimination between Aryans / Christians and Jews in there per se. b. Bishop von Galen (God bless his soul), led protests against these murders so they were no longer carried out openly after 1941 summers. But these operations continued to be carried out covertly. So unofficially it continued. Note that German Christians / Catholics / Protestants would have been a part of those protests, so not all Germans were brain washed then. c. The reason holocaust camps were outside Germany was because of the protests within the country. Hitler couldn't risk Germans rising up against him. Stands very much to reason. Citizens of defeated countries could do nothing against the conqueror. Towards whom would they turn to? So final solution was ordered by the Fuhrer, and it was carried out unofficially, because of the Church's likely intervention. That is the reason there is no documentary link. Nobody explained to me like this. :(