Mass killing emerged as a practical last resort once removal schemes failed

Evidence

To me, it seems more likely that the overriding factor was simply to get rid of the Jews from the Aryan utopia the Nazis envisioned. … But other countries were largely unwilling to accept the people whom the Germans seemed to regard as not good enough to live in Germany, and when the loopy schemes such as resettlement of Jews on Madagascar proved impractical, killing emerged as seemingly the only practical way to get rid of the unwanted unfortunates. — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 1606

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Mass violence evolves progressively from lesser harms rather than erupting suddenly; Finding willing executioners could become a practical obstacle — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 2096; Mass expulsion policy vacillated between semi-voluntary and forced phases (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Historically the standard response to unassimilated others was elimination via conversion, expulsion, or massacre. #corroborates (0.78) — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 1019
• Finding willing executioners could become a practical obstacle #responds-to (0.75) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2096
• Mass expulsion policy vacillated between semi-voluntary and forced phases #corroborates (0.72)