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2024-10-28 04:05:57 UTC - HELPFUL
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The Pope was aware of the Holocaust. He feared Hitler would retaliate: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2023-10/what-the-vatican-and-pius-xii-knew-about-the-holocaust.html According to Hoess: "The door was opened half an hour after the induction of the gas, and lie ventilation switched on....": https://archive.org/stream/dli.ernet.59888/59888-Commandant%20Of%20Auschwitz_djvu.txt Scholars have confirmed the rough estimate of 6 million Jews: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2022-01-27/ty-article/6-million-where-is-the-figure-from/0000017f-da74-dea8-a77f-de761f480000
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