Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cewar Peter Novick, "Amurkawa, gami da yahudawa na Amurka da yawa, ba su da masaniya game da abin da muke kira yanzu Holocaust yayin da yake faruwa; al'ummar ta damu da kayar da Axis". Wasu sanannun game da zalunci na Jamus game da Yahudawa a cikin Turai da Jamus ta mallaka, musamman a cikin Poland da aka mallaka
, ya wanzu; H. R. Knickerbocker ya rubuta a 1941, "Poland dole ne ya zo a cikin wani rukuni na musamman tun lokacin da Hitler ya fito ya hallaka Yahudawa 3,000,000 ba tare da kariya ba kamar yadda ya nuna kansa a wasu wurare... manufar Jamus a Poland ita ce ta kawar da Yahudawa gaba ɗaya, kuma abin mamaki shi ne cewa duk suna rayuwa a yau. "