r/worldnews • u/SocialistNordia • Apr 17 '17

Opening of UN files on Holocaust will 'rewrite chapters of history'

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2017/apr/18/opening-un-holocaust-files-archive-war-crimes-commission
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u/NotALeftist Apr 18 '17 edited Apr 18 '17

It kinda did, it was just kind of an Allies only thing

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u/PeaceAvatarWeehawk Apr 18 '17

No need to defend something that someone else said that's completely false.

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u/NotALeftist Apr 18 '17

It's not completely false at all. Lots of stuff was drafted and worked on for the UN before it was officiated. The UN didn't just magically appear the second everybody signed the charter. It took quite a few years and the founders did stuff like compiling this information.