re: Judgment at Nuremberg is on TCM @ 9:45 pm (Eastern)

It seems from my reading that the German people was willing to look the other way as long as it didn't hit too close to home. At the same time, the Nazi government realized it still didn't have total control of the population and could only go so far. They could use terror and intimidation tactics, to keep things under control, but never could have dealt with truly mass resistance, either from the military or civilian sector.

Two examples: They halted the euthanasia program when the Catholic Church strongly objected. And when they tried to deport German Jews who were married to gentiles, there were public protests, and they backed off.