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To: presidio9
Another liberal who doesn't know what he doesn't know. Poland and Hungary were not the same cases at all.

Hitler intended to eradicate Poland and replace the Poles with Germans. This would be his "lebensraum." Much of Poland was annexed by Germany, including Auschwitz. The rest of Poland was constituted as the General Government. The GG was a German colony run by Germans. Eventually, the Poles were to be eliminated. The deportations to the death camps were ordered directly by German officials. Were there some individual or low raking collaborators? Some. There were also many Poles who helped hide Jews and the Poles organized an active underground army that fought the Nazis.

Hungary was an ally of Germany providing troops on the Eastern Front and left to govern itself. A German instigated coup in early 1944 resulted in a change of government. Hitherto, Hungary had resisted deporting Jews. The new Hungarian government got with the Nazi program in a hurry, deporting over 400,000 Jews to Auschwitz in a few months. It was one of the most horrifying events of a horrific time. Unlike Romania and Bulgaria, the Hungarian government never turned on the Germans.

So, Mr. Cohen, like Mr. Comey, you need a history lesson. May I suggest a visit to the Holocaust Museum where you read all the exhibited material?

12 posted on 04/21/2015 4:37:39 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: colorado tanker
the Hungarian government never turned on the Germans

To be fair, Horthy's Hungarian government did turn on the Germans, and attempted to make peace with the Soviets. Hence the German coup in 1944. It was for this reason that Stalin did not ask that Horthy be tried as a war criminal.

It can be argued that Horthy only turned on the Germans when it became clear that Hitler was going to lose the war. The same can be said about Finland, Italy, and Romania.

22 posted on 04/21/2015 4:50:00 PM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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