One main factor that led to the holocaust and other campaigns of genocide was extreme racism. emergence of new religious groups. desperate poverty. establishment of a central government.

Throughout history there are many instances of certain races believing they are superior, and in some extreme cases this leads to campaigns of genocide such as the Holocaust. The Holocaust and similar events were caused by extreme racism and prejudice. Hitler and the Nazis saw themselves as superior to all others, such as the Jewish, Gypsies, handicapped, and many others