Sentence:  Do patriots everywhere know enough about how the persecution of the Jews in <WSD>Germany</WSD> and later in the occupied countries contributed to terrorizing the populations , splitting apart individuals and groups , arousing the meanest and most dishonest impulses , pulverizing trust and personal dignity , and finally forcing people to follow their masters into the abyss by making them partners in unspeakable crimes ? 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990