Knowledge of the Holocaust in Nazi Germany and German-occupied Europe

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title: Knowledge of the Holocaust in Nazi Germany and German-occupied Europe
text: The question of how much Germans knew about the Holocaust whilst it was being executed is a matter of debate by historians. In Nazi Germany, it was an open secret among the population by 1943, Peter Longerich argues, but some authors place it even earlier. After the war, many Germans claimed that they were ignorant of the crimes perpetrated by the Nazi regime, a claim associated with the stereotypical phrase "Davon haben wir nichts gewusst". In German-occupied Europe, governments were acutely aw
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description: To what extent the Holocaust was known contemporaneously
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_of_the_Holocaust_in_Nazi_Germany_and_German-occupied_Europe
date created: 2020-06-15T07:15:37Z
date modified: 2024-09-06T20:10:07Z
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