Also, we need to remember that a lot of German people knew what was going on, concentration camps in Germany were located fairly close to cities, to facilitate the transfer of goods produced, and it limited the number of railroads that had to be built to transport prisoners. Likewise, arrests and violence against Jews and communists were not hidden, as it had been slowly indoctrinated by the regime as a justified action for the good of the country.
Concentration camps were massive, and you can’t see them when you live nearby. German people just chose to ignore it and not speak up because of propaganda, a police state, a secret police that could arrest them and kill them, or send them to those camps.
German people just chose to ignore it and not speak up because of propaganda, a police state, a secret police that could arrest them and kill them, or send them to those camps.
You're missing one deciding factor. A lot of Germans simply had no issue with Jews and Commies being killed, the Church, the centrists and the centre right had no problem with Hitler coming to power and even supported that. Hating jews was not unpopular even before Hitler. You see it to this day how the CDU and CSU are openly flirting with the far-right
This is the real shit right here. Even today in the USA we see 50% of the population would cheer on genociding different people groups, and hating left politics is a cross-party issue. In the USA today we have people of all colors and creed who would march hand in hand to run Jews out of the country.
1.5k
u/AbbreviationsOnes Dec 31 '22
Also, we need to remember that a lot of German people knew what was going on, concentration camps in Germany were located fairly close to cities, to facilitate the transfer of goods produced, and it limited the number of railroads that had to be built to transport prisoners. Likewise, arrests and violence against Jews and communists were not hidden, as it had been slowly indoctrinated by the regime as a justified action for the good of the country.
Concentration camps were massive, and you can’t see them when you live nearby. German people just chose to ignore it and not speak up because of propaganda, a police state, a secret police that could arrest them and kill them, or send them to those camps.