[rmlew]

Kristalnacht is widely taken to be the beginning of holocaust, many of the camps were operating long before the Wanasee Conference, or Kristalncht, and jews were being arrested for the sole crime of being jews, and sent to the camps promptly following Kristalnacht.
The "Final Solution" was not implimented until late 1941. Until then, the Nazis were open to expelling Jews.
Church leaders railed against both stages of the Holocaust.

[donh]

The "Final Solution" was not implimented until late 1941. Until then, the Nazis were open to expelling Jews. Church leaders railed against both stages of the Holocaust.

Some church leaders railed against the holocaust, some gave it aid and comfort.