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On the recordSeptember 19, 2011
And it brings to mind after World War II, it was Eisenhower who said, "Do not burn down the concentration camps," because there were some Germans who were in disbelief that they were real.
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Howard Smith
Republican · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Smith compares North Korea's denial of human rights abuses to post-WWII Germany's disbelief.

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