How far does the intentionalists theory explain the nazis final solution?
             There are two views concerning Hitler and how the final solution came in to place, the intentionalist's view believes Hitler had always intended to kill the Jews based on his avowed anti-Semitism in Mein Kampf and in his early statements, and that his political and military decisions were made to lead up to the ultimate extermination of the Jews. The functionalists view point believes that after failed attempts to force Jews to emigrate from Germany, and the troubles with massive deportation because of the large amounts of Jews under Hitler's control living in concentration camps in very poor conditions, the circumstances had changed which forced the existence of the final solution. Hitler's leadership and demand for subordinates (fuhrerprinzip) and the paranoia they engendered caused the S-S to come up with the solution. The final solution was "not a result of one single order" but unfolded as officials following his ideas to their own logical conclusion.
             Hitler did not always have a hatred for the Jews. When he was young his Dad died, then in 1908 his mum died of cancer, from then on he was unable to establish normal human relationships. He wanted to follow his dream of going to Art School but a Jewish Professor rejected his submitted pieces. In Mein Kampf he says, "I began to hate them." Expressing his feelings for having his dream shattered. He then joined the army in WW1, 3 months before the end of the war when he and the rest of Germany thought they were sure to win he was blinded by gas, and whilst recovering Germany surrendered and lost the war. He believed that Germany had been "Stabbed in the back" by the Jews and felt anger and humiliation towards them. In 1919 he formed the Nazis who had plans for Germanys future and to make Germany "Judenfrei." In 1923 the Nazis tried to take over the Weima...