Pope denounces the Holocaust

On the other hand, even postwar, when the Allies were conducting the polls, a huge number of Germans thought the nation was better off without Jews and that the Nazis had good ideas implemented terribly.

Yes, that is certainly the case, but supporting deportation isn't quite the same as supporting extermination. The majority of Germany society certainly could have been brainwashed to support genocide, but it would have taken more then 12 years to do it.
 
On the other hand, even postwar, when the Allies were conducting the polls, a huge number of Germans thought the nation was better off without Jews and that the Nazis had good ideas implemented terribly.

And the Poles killed those found to have been hiding Jews.
 
And the Poles killed those found to have been hiding Jews.

Which incidents are you thinking of?

Of course, this was the Poland where it was a capital punishment to help Jews in any way, and the same Poland which has the highest number of Righteous Gentiles. So. I think blaming the Poles for a few sporadic massacres is probably unfair and an attempt to detract from the strong evidence that many Germans knew about the holocaust.
 
Yes, that is certainly the case, but supporting deportation isn't quite the same as supporting extermination. The majority of Germany society certainly could have been brainwashed to support genocide, but it would have taken more then 12 years to do it.

Well, postwar, they all knew where the Jews had gone to.
 
Well, postwar, they all knew where the Jews had gone to.

Of course. But, it is still two seperate questions. If you believed getting them out of Germany was a good thing and if you believe killing them is a right thing.

A significant minority in Germany had been convinced by propaganda that Jews were a threat to Germany so they shouldn't be there. But, that still remains a seperate question from supporting killing them all.

If you polled Americans in the 1940s a large percent would probably say moving Indians to reservations and away from 'white civilized people' was the right thing, but mass murdering Indian women and children just for the sake of it (which did happen at times) would not be supported.
 
Of course. But, it is still two seperate questions. If you believed getting them out of Germany was a good thing and if you believe killing them is a right thing.

A significant minority in Germany had been convinced by propaganda that Jews were a threat to Germany so they shouldn't be there. But, that still remains a seperate question from supporting killing them all.

If you polled Americans in the 1940s a large percent would probably say moving Indians to reservations and away from 'white civilized people' was the right thing, but mass murdering Indian women and children just for the sake of it (which did happen at times) would not be supported.
Except by the author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. It was rather disturbing to discover.
 
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