The German public's response to Kristallnacht, while hostile to the open violence and wanton destruction of private property and religious buildings, demonstrated no solidarity with the persecuted Jews. With the arrival of war in September 1939, the attitude of the German public changed. Initially they were apprehensive about its impact but as an unbroken line of victories unfolded in Poland, Denmark and Norway, the Low Countries, France and the Balkans, their enthusiasm grew as Germany extended control over the continent and was translated into a willingness to perform terrible actions that would be unthinkable in peacetime and dismiss reports of these actions as enemy propaganda.
As I am currently between jobs following a significant fracture to my left ankle/leg, I have time to spare. So I have decided to create a blog about my current pet hate.
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The German public's response to Kristallnacht, while hostile to the open violence and wanton destruction of private property and religious buildings, demonstrated no solidarity with the persecuted Jews. With the arrival of war in September 1939, the attitude of the German public changed. Initially they were apprehensive about its impact but as an unbroken line of victories unfolded in Poland, Denmark and Norway, the Low Countries, France and the Balkans, their enthusiasm grew as Germany extended control over the continent and was translated into a willingness to perform terrible actions that would be unthinkable in peacetime and dismiss reports of these actions as enemy propaganda.
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