Contemporary Relevance and Assessment
The Federal Agency for Civic Education, a German government agency responsible for political education, expresses the view that the Morgenthau Plan was of no significance for later occupation and Germany policy, but that Nazi propaganda on the subject had a lasting effect and that it is still used for propaganda purposes by extreme right-wing organizations.
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