Germans replied by releasing this video as an example how to handle other countries past atrocities and mass-murderers in a meanigful way:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzmI3vAIhbE
“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.”
- George Orwell, ‘1984’