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It's easy for us to pull out the "but literal nazis!" trope now, some 70+ years later. But in 1940, in another country weren't they just another ruling power in
by pc86 5y ago
It's easy for us to pull out the "but literal nazis!" trope now, some 70+ years later. But in 1940, in another country weren't they just another ruling power in a neighboring country? I was always under the impression the majority of the atrocities, and in particular the camps, weren't really known outside of Germany itself until the end of the war or as Germany started to fall.
- hulitu 5y agoI was under the impression that at least the british knew, but keep quiet so that they can use the situatian in their favour later. Just like happened these days with Belarus for example.
- burntoutfire 5y agoAlready in 1940, the Polish government-in-exile was informing the rest of the Allies (incl. the British, the US) about German crimes against civilians in occupied Poland. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karski%27s_reports https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karski%27s_reports I don't know how much the Swedes knew at that point though... However, given that they were a modern state, they must have had some intelligence agency, and the Germans weren't really working that hard to cover up their crimes either.