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At the time of the expulsions, many German nationals and ethnic Germans still supported Nazism. For example, according to polls conducted among Germans in the [[American Zone of Occupation]] from November 1945 through December 1947, the percentage of the German population that supported the view that "National Socialism was a good idea, but badly implemented" averaged 47%, while in August, 1947, the percentage increased to 55%.<ref name="Rocznik">Rocznik Polsko-Niemiecki Tom I "Polska a Niemcy; ludność, odbudowa, przemiany polityczne w pierwszych latach powojennych" Edmund Dmitrów Warszawa 1992</ref> Additionally 37% supported genocide of Jewish and Polish nations as "justified".<ref name="Tony">"Zapłata
Prawda o denazyfikacji" [[Tony Judt]] [[Dziennik]] "EUROPA" 2005-11-16, page 5
</ref> However, there is low confidence in that interpretation, since this is based on the confusing questionaire question "Extermination of the Jews and Poles and other non-Aryans was not necessary for the security of the Germans", which included an implicit double negative to which the response was either yes or no, and can have confused respondents.<ref>Gordon, Sarah Ann ((March 1, 1984)). Hitler, Germans, and the 'Jewish Question. Princeton University Press. pp. 199–200. ISBN 0691101620.</ref> The reliability of the negative interpretation of the responses to this question is also lowered by the fact that it is at odds with the 77% of Germans who agreed to the questionaire statement that "actions against Jews were in no way justified", and the 0% of Germans who agreed with the questionaire statement that "Hitler was right in his treatment of the jews".<ref>Gordon, Sarah Ann ((March 1, 1984)). Hitler, Germans, and the 'Jewish Question. Princeton University Press. pp. 199–200. ISBN 0691101620.</ref>
== Nazi-Soviet population transfers ==
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