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Question 4

The Sources 8 and 9 show some of the German people’s reactions to

the concentration camps. Source 8 shows some extreme reactions

such as screaming, fainting and crying. Also it clearly says “All swore

that during the past years they had no idea…”.Source 9 tells the story

of one woman’s reaction to seeing the concentration camps for the

first time, she was someone who supported the Nazi’s but suffered a

nervous breakdown at seeing the camp.

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        These sources tell us, to some extent, how some people would

have reacted to seeing the concentration camps and the full horror of

the Nazi atrocities. It would be safe to assume that many people would

cry, faint, scream, have a nervous breakdown or simply be indifferent

to the suffering but to categorize the entire population of Germany to

these limited reactions is highly inaccurate. First of all the reaction the

people would have would be probably related to the amount of

knowledge they had ...

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