My father and his parents survived WWII only because they left Europe. Both of his parents came from large families. Most of them stayed and were murdered by the Nazis.
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Originally Posted by Mark McDonnell
the actual Nazis ... sent 6 million people to the gas chambers
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The Nazis murdered 11 million people. Only a little more than half were Jews. Communists and other political opponents, gypsies, homosexuals, the mentally challenged...
This is not a knock against you, Mark. History remembers "the six million," which lets the Nazis off easy and seems to me (a Jew) as evidence of a Jewish chauvinism that diminishes the importance of the other victims.
That the Nazis weren't satisfied to murder only Jews should also be remembered by those of us who don't yet feel personally attacked by current leaders.
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Originally Posted by Aaron Novick
What is the purpose of instilling the mantra "never again" in generations of Jews if, when "again" begins, we haggle and pick away at "well this isn't exactly the same..."
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Beautifully put, Aaron. I'm sure I'll find frequent reason to repeat your words.