Hitler was the driving force behind the Holocaust. He ranted and raved like crazy against the Jews, calling them traitors, Communists and all sorts of other things designed to make them hated. His willing brown-nosed henchmen and lackeys then got on with it. He played a role in giving some of the orders, approving plans and so on. (Obviously, nobody suggests that he personally turned on gas taps with his own hands). His exact role in the Holocaust is not altogether clear, however.
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He was the Chancellor and leader of Germany and the one who masterminded the Holocaust. Hitler cannot be considered a mastermind, it was done in his name, but the overseeing was done by Himmler and the actual planning was done by people like Eichmann and Heydrich.
The Jewish councils during the Holocaust they were responsible for administering the ghettos set up by the Nazis. Their role was highly problematical, to say the least.
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