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Were there differences in the policy of extermination of the Jewish and non-Jewish civilians during the German occupation?

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The attitude of the Nazi authorities towards the local populations of occupied countries changed from one to another based on how they were perceived racially and politically by the Nazis and the context of the surrounding events of war.

Nikolai Svanidze, TV journalist, historian, Head of the Journalism Department of the Institute of Mass Media of the Russian State Humanitarian University, Russia

Nikolai Svanidze, TV journalist, historian, Head of the Journalism Department of the Institute of Mass Media of the Russian State Humanitarian University, Russia

Borukh Gorin, Rabbi, Head of the Department of Public Relations of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia

Borukh Gorin, Rabbi, Head of the Department of Public Relations of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia

Oleg Budnitsky, historian, Director of the International Center for the History and Sociology of World War II and its Consequences, Russia

Oleg Budnitsky, historian, Director of the International Center for the History and Sociology of World War II and its Consequences, Russia