It's more well known in the West is all. It's a "Talking point". It's used by any leftist to infer the worst that could be done to another person.

History is filled with it.

That and the Germans at the time were against the Jewish people, the same Jewish people who now have a country they can call home, and are enacting an incredible parallel to what eventually pushed other countries to give them their 'heritage homeland'.

The cycle of ugliness within humanity doesn't go far beyond two generations before it rears its head again. Regardless of ethnicity, climate or economy.