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What does it mean?
The author states the scale of atrocities was so extreme that the world would find them impossible to believe.
In plain terms
The crimes were so bad no one would believe they actually happened.
What can you take from it?
Extreme atrocities often seem too shocking to be true.

Where it applies

  • discussing historical denial
  • analyzing propaganda
  • studying mass murder

Putting it to work

  • challenge historical denial
  • verify extreme claims

Questions to consider

  • Why do we deny extreme truths?
  • How do we verify impossible crimes?

Another view

It suggests the truth is beyond comprehension rather than facing it.

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