The Third Reich had many collaborators all over Europe. Sometimes they were their friends, sometimes these had their own goals and their mind-set only bore a great resemblance to that of Germany. For the Ukrainian case it seems to be so as Bandera even spend time in a concentration camp (went reading for that).
Once I saw a historical map in a book, which showed the greatest extent that the Third Reich once could achieve. Let's say it that way: There is a reason why they still call Tbilisi (capital of Georgia) Tiflis here instead. It once has seen more than a German Schäferhund. Including they had partners on the Balkan Peninsula, in Greece, Romania, Hungary...
I know that Greece is seeing a reemergence of Nazi-sympathizers with Golden Dawn and that there were all kinds of racist, super-violent dictators and regimes within the Balkans, but with varying agendas and prejudices. Hitler, then, wasn't unique for his racism, but for the scope of his success.
That those movements exist all over Europe and further, all united by the same symbols and a corresponding belief, probably it can be seen as a following that the Third Reich once reached the extent of its sphere of influence that it developed. Local prejudices it won't have changed, but it will have added power to it. If someone came upon the idea to erase a certain group of humans, majority of society would tell him he's nuts - but as it became culture for a certain amount of time in a wide range of areas, it became common thouhght. It stripped the idea off its illogicality.
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Once I saw a historical map in a book, which showed the greatest extent that the Third Reich once could achieve.
Let's say it that way: There is a reason why they still call Tbilisi (capital of Georgia) Tiflis here instead. It once has seen more than a German Schäferhund.
Including they had partners on the Balkan Peninsula, in Greece, Romania, Hungary...
Re: From a NYT book review
Re: From a NYT book review
Local prejudices it won't have changed, but it will have added power to it. If someone came upon the idea to erase a certain group of humans, majority of society would tell him he's nuts - but as it became culture for a certain amount of time in a wide range of areas, it became common thouhght. It stripped the idea off its illogicality.