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I think it's a question of whether your family lived in a town with Jews. Jews tended to be city people so I would expect rural folks to have been fairly ignor
by redwood 6y ago
I think it's a question of whether your family lived in a town with Jews.
Jews tended to be city people so I would expect rural folks to have been fairly ignorant of what was going on.
However German city people could not miss the persecution of a large portion of their cities.
- goto11 6y agoProgroms like Kristallnacht were widely publicized by Nazi media (the word "Kristallnacht" itself was coined by Nazi propaganda). So it is not like you only knew about the persecutions if you had Jewish neighbors. The party itself made sure everybody knew about the persecutions.