Introduction Hitler’s Nazi regime is considered by many to be one of the most atrocious governments in modern history. The negative view of Hitler’s rule is mostly caused by the manner in which his regime treated European Jews. The Nazi were responsible for the killing of millions of Jews as Hitler sought to exterminate this race from Europe. While the responsibility of Hitler and the Nazi top command in the mass killing of the Jews is unquestionable, there are disputes over the role that ordinary Germans played. Some historians suggest that ordinary Germans did not support Hitler’s racist policies while others argue that ordinary Germans played a role in enabling the realization of the Final Solution by supporting Hitler’s anti-Semitic legislation. By performing a concise yet informative review of Nazi Germany, this paper will demonstrate that Germans to a large extent supported Hitler’s anti-Semitic “Final Solution”. European Jews: An Overview By the onset of the First World War in 1914, Jews had been living in Europe for many centuries. Although there was no widespread and systematic persecution of the Jewish community by other European dwellers, the Jews endured some form of discrimination. This situation changed in the nineteenth century, which saw Jews in Europe receive significant political and economic rights. Germany was one of the European countries where the status of the Jews improved considerably in the 19 th century. Browning notes that by 1900, Germany was considered by many East European Jews as “a land of golden opportunity” since Jews were allowed to thrive and integrate with German culture (7). Jews were able to acquire real emancipation and there was a high degree of political equalization. The Jews became integrated into German society and they enjoyed political and social rights equal to those of Gentile Germans. However, these positive outcomes quickly deteriorated at the start of the twentieth century. By the end of the First World War, anti Jewish sentiments began to grow in the German community. Ordinary Germans blamed the Jews for their humiliating defeat in the War and parties that had an anti-Semitic agenda gained popularity among the masses. Anti-Jewish prejudices grew significantly trough the decade and by the mid 1930s, they had become completely entrenched within German society. The Final Solution One party that rose to power, partly due to its nationalistic and anti-Jewish policies, was the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP). The NSDAP (commonly referred to as the Nazi Party), was led by Hitler and it ruled Germany from 1933 to 1945. Hitler implemented a series of anti-Semitic policies that culminated in the Final Solution. The Final solution was Hitler’s elaborate plan to eliminate all the Jews of Europe and this plan was carried out between 1939 and 1945. The decision to implement a Final Solution to the perceived “Jewish Problem” in Germany and the rest of Europe was a state in the evolution of Nazi anti-Jewish policies that had been implemented since 1933. Germans Support for Hitler’s Plans Perhaps the strongest indication that the German population supported Hitler’s plans is from the fact that there was a deep hatred for