what did hitler do bad?
Nazism
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 Hitler 's policies resulted in the killing of nearly two million Poles , over three million Soviet prisoners of war , communists and other political opponents , homosexuals , the physically and mentally disabled , Jehovah 's Witnesses , Adventists , and trade unionists . Hitler did not speak publicly about the killings , and seems never to have visited the concentration camps . 

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 Hitler replied , " I know . The thought of it turns my stomach . " Guderian concluded , " In that case your reaction to the problem is the correct one . Leave it alone . " 

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 Hitler described the war as " the greatest of all experiences " , and was praised by his commanding officers for his bravery . His wartime experience reinforced his German patriotism and he was shocked by Germany 's capitulation in November 1918 . His bitterness over the collapse of the war effort began to shape his ideology . Like other German nationalists , he believed the Dolchstoßlegende ( stab @-@ in @-@ the @-@ back myth ) , which claimed that the German army , " undefeated in the field " , had been " stabbed in the back " on the home front by civilian leaders and Marxists , later dubbed the " November criminals " . 

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 Hitler 's actions and Nazi ideology are almost universally regarded as gravely immoral ; according to Kershaw , " Never in history has such ruination — physical and moral — been associated with the name of one man " . Hitler 's political programme brought about a world war , leaving behind a devastated and impoverished Eastern and Central Europe . Germany itself suffered wholesale destruction , characterised as Stunde Null ( Zero Hour ) . Hitler 's policies inflicted human suffering on an unprecedented scale ; according to R.J. Rummel , the Nazi regime was responsible for the democidal killing of an estimated 19 @.@ 3 million civilians and prisoners of war . In addition , 29 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of military action in the European Theatre of World War II . The number of civilians killed during the Second World War was unprecedented in the history of warfare . Historians , philosophers , and politicians often use the word " evil " to describe the Nazi regime . Many European countries have criminalised both the promotion of Nazism and Holocaust denial . 

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 On Hitler 's behalf , Himmler formed the Einsatzgruppen and built extermination camps . As facilitator and overseer of the concentration camps , Himmler directed the killing of some six million Jews , between 200 @,@ 000 and 500 @,@ 000 Romani people , and other victims ; the total number of civilians killed by the regime is estimated at eleven to fourteen million people . Most of them were Polish and Soviet citizens . 
