One of the more absurd details of the holocaust was that it started as a plan to move all the Jews to Madagascar. (I like to imagine a bunch of Nazis in a room in the early 30's with a world map and they just sort of agreed that it looked like a big enough island). They just wanted the Jews gone too, but economic realities caught up with them I suppose.

That's part of the problem. The get out of my sight, go somewhere else mentality, can lead down a very dark and even more evil path.