“To make it even worse ... do some research on what happened to Jews who managed to survive the war and returned to Poland to try to reclaim their homes. Oftentimes the Polish gentiles would murder them rather than give up their new living quarters.”
You would have to bring that up with the Soviet authorities; they owned Poland for nearly 50 years after the war.
“You also might talk with some Polish gentiles from the time who are still with us. Almost every single one will tell you that Nazi wartime occupation was preferable to Stalinist post-war occupation. That’s gotta make you think.”
I’ve heard that from many Eastern Europeans; they ended up under the butcher of 30 million instead of the butcher of 12 million. As I understand it, the Soviets denied the Jewish survivors access to their properties after the war as well - not nice people.
>>I’ve heard that from many Eastern Europeans; they ended up under the butcher of 30 million instead of the butcher of 12 million. As I understand it, the Soviets denied the Jewish survivors access to their properties after the war as well - not nice people.<<
Well, yes. The truth is that it was not just Germans who hated the Jews. It was practically everybody in Eastern Europe — Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Rumania (they REALLY hated the Jews) and so on. The Holocaust would not have been as “successful” without the cooperation of thousands of people from those nations.
PS: Why do you think so many death camp guards were Ukrainians?
Answer: Because NOBODY in Eastern Europe liked the Jews. No, not the Poles either.