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Polling, late 1946, American Zone of West Germany: Posted on June 15, 2025 at 06:43:12 AM by onb
The US included public polls in the democratization/anti-communist rebuilding of western Germany. (Fairly easy to find online- Public Opinion in Occupied Germany, The OMGUS Surveys from the University of Illinois Press, 1970.)
"...One issue the Americans looked at was antisemitism.
In December 1946, the military government polled 3006 Germans in the US Zone of Germany and the US sector of Berlin. The questions floated around one main issue – What did the years of antisemitic Nazi propaganda leave in the minds of the Germans?
In general, the poll found that people with stronger antisemitic opinions tended to be less educated, from a lower socioeconomic class and less informed. They also tended to be more critical of the Allies, and thought National Socialism was basically a good idea.
The results were broken down into people with few prejudices (20%), Nationalists (19%), Racists (22%), Antisemites (21%), and strong antisemites (18%).
In other words, the numbers looked pretty awful.
To break it down, western Berlin had the lowest percentage of people classified as racists and antisemites – at 45%. Bavaria was the state with the lowest percentage – at 59%!
Women expressed stronger antisemitic opinions than men – 67% of the women versus 50% of the men.
An interesting question measured whether a person recognized that the Germans had tortured and murdered millions of innocent Europeans. 72% of people with few prejudices agreed with this, while only 41% of the racist/antisemitic people did.
Which goes to show you that there has always been a significant percentage of people who choose to believe what they want, against all evidence...."
The best results" were, essentially, that small majorities thought Hitler had "some good ideas" but then just went too far. This after a devasting war with millions of German deaths and division of the country.
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