Holocaust Quote by Timothy D. Snyder

“People in the West tend to identify with western victims. So even when they think about the Holocaust, they really think about the German or French victims; they're not thinking about the Polish, Hungarian, or Soviet victims.” quote by Timothy D. Snyder — Download Open image

“People in the West tend to identify with western victims. So even when they think about the Holocaust, they really think about the German or French victims; they're not thinking about the Polish, Hungarian, or Soviet victims.”

Timothy D. Snyder

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