Holocaust survivor calls Germany bulwark against intolerance

January 31, 2019

BERLIN — A prominent Holocaust survivor on Thursday said that Germany has learned from its Nazi past and become a bulwark against intolerance.

Speaking at a memorial event in parliament commemorating the 6 million European Jews murdered in the Holocaust, Israeli historian Saul Friedlaender asked Germans to "continue fighting for tolerance and inclusiveness, humanity and freedom, in short for true democracy."

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Friedlander:"20-25 million Germans knew about the holocaust"

Quite naturally one of the most elusive issues of all, that of knowledge, resurfaces again and again. Who knew what, and when - mainly in Germany? Over the last decade or so a spate of very detailed studies reversed Walter Lacqueur's hypothesis [...] that information was widely available but not understood. It appears now [...] that about 20-25 million Germans knew about the holocaust when it took place and clearly understood what it meant.

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