From: "Phil Payne" 

> >>I wonder how many Germans knew the Holocaust was going on?
> >
> >
> > A lot, I think.  Holocaust denial became a way of life in Germany after
the
> > war - just as every American will claim to be anti-Iraq war - but it's
> > amazing how much trivial documentary evidence has appeared over the
years,
> > especially a great burst when Germany reunified.

[snip]

> I would have guessed that the denial started during the war though, with
> people refusing to mentally join the dots which would have forced them
> to acknowledge what was happening.

I think they just blithely accepted that whatever was going on was for the
good of the state.  And Germany was powerful enough to get away with it.

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  Phil Payne
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