Genocide without Malice

That is what Himmler wanted but knew he would never get. The opposite of Himmler is Eichman, who enjoyed the entire process with sadistic glee.

We will never speak about it in public. He knew the magnitude and significance of his crime.
"I also want to mention a very difficult subject before you here, completely openly.It should be discussed amongst us, and yet, nevertheless, we will never speak about it in public....I am talking about the “Jewish evacuation”: the extermination of the Jewish people.It is one of those things that is easily said. "The Jewish people is being exterminated,” every Party member will tell you, 'perfectly clear, it's part of our plans, we're eliminating the Jews, exterminating them, ha!, a small matter.…"

We will never speak about it in public. He knew the magnitude and significance of his crime, but he felt it had to be done. He once witnessed a mass shooting and threw up. He found torture distasteful.

The gas chambers appearing as showers was of great importance. It was clean, sterile. Devoid of violence. A genocide without malice.

When all was said and done, Himmler believed completely in an idea that turned him into something quite different from a human.