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Did the average German Citizen know what the government was doing to the Jews? Did they care or was it pretty much a media blackout like the US is doing to supposed "illegal" immigrants? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

To my knowledge the ones living near the camps did, because of the forced labor etc.

But otherwise there was a lot of willful ignorance and many Jews that were rounded up believed they would be just deported and packed accordingly.

(not a historian though)

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