1x09 Why We Fight

While I love this episode and appreciate the fact that they needed to give the discovery of the camp as much gravity as possible... initially I was sort of taken aback by the ignorance of Easy Company as to the existence of concentration camps. At the very least they must have heard rumours about what would come to be known as the Holocaust. Certainly it was common knowledge in the United States that there were concentration camps set up by the Nazis (even widespread reports in late 1942 of extermination camps), but it is a historical fact that many people didn't believe that it was as bad as it was, they couldn't imagine what was actually going on. Most of the worst stories were treated with skepticism by the American public, as rumours mostly. So, whether or not Easy Company believed what they may have heard is another matter entirely, but Liebgot having to ask what exactly the place was is what I find hard to believe. These soldiers aren't dumb, it's not hard to put 2 and 2 together after coming across a place like that. A slight oversight, historically speaking, in an otherwise impeccable episode, and a masterpiece of a show.