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In the movie "Conspiracy", SS leaders are describing the Holocaust vaguely. An SS officer angrily says "I'm the one who has to shoot the Jews, so let's stop using euphemisms and admit what we're doing." Was there a lot of friction between SS leaders and soldiers who had to carry out the genocide?

by /u/seattlenostalgia1 in /r/AskHistorians

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