Actually it was neither of those. Just because a discussion is approaching Godwin's law doesn't necessarily mean anyone is being offensive or, as you say, terrible.
Also, sometimes it's not anyone's fault. It can just be down to circumstances.
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I fail to see a reason why code reviews, in a professional environment, would go that way if the environment is not screwed up.
The "environment" rapidly changed and the organisational structure didn't keep up with the competing goals within the team.
None of the people were terrible. The company wasn't terrible. No-one was at fault.
If someone is mentioning Hitler in a code review someone is at fault.
No one had mentioned Hitler at that point. See another child comment for clarification.
Edit: To quote the CTO later on "I could see where the endless review discussions might end up heading so I split the team into product and project before we hit Godwin's law."
Sounds like the CTO was the Godwin's law violator, albeit obliquely.