Fair enough.
Here is the point with which you agreed:

Dylan :: Furthermore, the general populace didn't know what was going to happen. It's not like they had an itinerary or anything, that explained that they were going to be gassed like animals. ::

And here was my response:

:: Clearly they knew something awful was happening; otherwise, why were so many seeking ways to get out of the occupied countries, or hiding in nuns' convents, or in attics a la Anne Frank? ::

Can you speculate as to why there was such a general desire to get away from the occupied nations, if they did not have at least a well founded suspicion?