nobody had to listen to him.
easily overthrown he would have been by the rest of the country, he would have been.
now, sure, he's still responsible for the torture and slaughter of millions
and also could have called off the order.
In the end he decided, "you know what? Nobody gets the satisfaction of killing me"
But he never called off the order.
Which is why jewish children have been mysteriously disappearing from around the globe,