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Ordinary Germans hear of atrocities in the East

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Ordinary Germans hear of atrocities in the East

28th October 1941: Even in the backwaters of Germany people are learning of the 'Holocaust by Bullets'

Oct 28, 2021
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Ordinary Germans hear of atrocities in the East

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There was no escaping the Nazi state. A parade to celebrate the anniversary of the Wartheland becoming part of 'Greater Germany', October 1941.

Given the nature and the scale of the work of the Einsatzgruppen it was inevitable that the mass murder of Jews in the east would become known amongst the soldiers of Wehrmacht, even if only a minority of them ma…

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