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> It's weird that so many Germans are sympathetic to Russia given that they were subjugated by Russia for decades.

Do you think that Germany might have done something right before this "subjugation"?

Maybe 25-40 million things?

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If the Holocaust were that "successful", Israel wouldn't exist today. Perhaps you're confusing with Mao.

you do know that jews were not the only targets of the nazi killing machine?

If you're including all other targets, still nowhere near 25 million. 11-17 million.

The figure that is usually talked about for the eastern front is 27 million deaths for the Soviet Union.

Are you only counting civilians killed directly by the Nazis? The Soviets alone lost 9+ million military dead. Millions of civilians died of starvation not part of any specific extermination program.

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