The U.S. conducted opinion surveys in occupied Germany. Tony Judt in his book Postwar : a History of Europe since 1945 extracted and used some of them.[19]
* A majority in the years 1945-49 stated National Socialism to have been a good idea, badly applied.
* In 1946, 6% of Germans said the Nuremberg trials had been unfair.
* In 1946, 37% in the U.S. occupation zone said about the Holocaust that "the extermination of the Jews and Poles and other non-Aryans was necessary for the security of Germans."
* In 1946, 1 in 3 in the U.S. occupation zone said that Jews should not have the same rights as those belonging to the Aryan race.
* In 1950, 1 in 3 said the Nuremberg trials had been unfair.
* In 1952, 37% said Germany was better off without the Jews.
* In 1952, 25% had a good opinion of Hitler.
* A majority in the years 1945-49 stated National Socialism to have been a good idea, badly applied.
* In 1946, 6% of Germans said the Nuremberg trials had been unfair.
* In 1946, 37% in the U.S. occupation zone said about the Holocaust that "the extermination of the Jews and Poles and other non-Aryans was necessary for the security of Germans."
* In 1946, 1 in 3 in the U.S. occupation zone said that Jews should not have the same rights as those belonging to the Aryan race.
* In 1950, 1 in 3 said the Nuremberg trials had been unfair.
* In 1952, 37% said Germany was better off without the Jews.
* In 1952, 25% had a good opinion of Hitler.
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