I'm considering writing a book set in occupied Germany and I've been wondering, how were former Nazi officials seen by regular citizens during denazification? Were they looked down upon, resented, or were they mostly forgiven? How sympathetic was the average German citizen to former Nazis and did these former officials ever fully reintegrate back into German life? To be clear, I'm talking about lower ranking officials that had supporteted the regime, no one at the top.
/u/commiespaceinvader and /u/gunlord5000 have previously answered Why did so many Nazi officers and soldiers get off easy?
/u/Abrytan has previously answered How quick of a process was Denazification?
See also what /u/kieslowskifan says in this thread about postwar German academia
How intense was Denazification? How did state companies such as Volkswagen survive it?