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[–] 32 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Just wanted to say that I talked to my grandma about it, she was working together with the Jews in Auschwitz (my family is from the neighbor village) in a company which made chemicals (IG Farben). When she walked home she could always smell the burned human bodies. She said everyone knew what was going on there.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    This is backed by evidence.

    After WW2 there was a lot of research about weather people knew or didn't. Basically the conclusion was: people knew. They actively decided to either ignore it („not my department“), deny it („it's all lies, the scent is just $foo burning“) or justify it („they deserved it“).

    But people knew.

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