Historians believe that martin luther announced the ninety-five theses by giving a speech in a square in a small town. handing churchgoers fliers during a service. nailing a list to the door of a church in germany. printing his beliefs in a newspaper in wittenburg.

The american public did not truly take in the horror of adolf hitler's regime until years after the existence of concentration camps was first reported in american newspapers. partly this was the fault of the media, which did not give prominent placement to news of the holocaust. what other factors do you think contributed to the long delay in understanding the holocaust?