[greedo]

Your comment is a perfect example of what the parent was commenting on. The notion that a few select Germans misled the rest of Germany and brought upon the Holocaust is unfounded. WW2 and the Holocaust began because of a confluence between the German government, it's citizens, and its culture.

[amigoingtodie]

I could be misinterpreting your comment. Are you saying the the citizenry in Germany were complicit in the facilitation of the Holocaust?

[coldtea]

Of course they were.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/feb/17/johnezard

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/books/up-in-smoke-goes-...

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/rape-murder-and-...

One of the heaviest anti-semitic places in Europe, then and now.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-16678772

http://forward.com/news/world/188764/german-hate-mail-comes-...

[amigoingtodie]

I read through each of those articles.

It indicates a systematic desensitization that occured over time.

Additionally, the article that purports current-day Germany as the heaviest anti-semetic place in Europe, with a few anecdotes, mentions Berlin's thriving Jewish population - one of the few places in the world with such an increase.

I do see many parallels to the current behaviors in the US, unfortunately.

[coldtea]

>Additionally, the article that purports current-day Germany as the heaviest anti-semetic place in Europe, with a few anecdotes, mentions Berlin's thriving Jewish population - one of the few places in the world with such an increase.

Isn't that orthogonal? There was a huge Jewish community in Germany leading to 1933 as well -- up to 1940 or so.

[greedo]

I'm going to assume a charitable interpretation of your question and simply reply "yes."