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[–] cogman@lemmy.world -4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Jews were citizens of Nazi Germany.

Now, you might be able to make the case that early Nazi party members, before the rise of power, weren't 100% antisemitic, they absolutely knew they were getting into bed with antisemites.

After the rise in power started, Jewish sympathisers were purged from the party. Anyone in or supporting Nazis (which was a large portion of the population) knew what they were supporting.

I'd just caution painting too broadly. That wasn't all German citizens that supported the Nazi movement. It was also a brutal regime that stomped out detractors. German media of the era was highly controlled. It'd paint a false picture of the amount of support. True dissent was a dangerous position to publicly take.

[–] Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I am sorry but it seems you misunderstood my take.

If the German public knew, Nazis knew.

You can choose what you want to call a Nazi. Idc for the sake of my argument. But you can't claim that you can't judge Nazis for their support for Nazi shit because they didn't know. They knew.

I don't want to bother if you are the person I previously responded to. If you aren't, then I am not saying, you claimed anything. If you are, read above.

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I'm a different person. It appeared to me that you were lumping in all German citizens with Nazis which is why I made the post.

I'm not defending Nazi supporters, even in the earliest stages. They j knowingly joined with the antisemites to try and push their own agendas. History tells us how that worked out.