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World War II Auschwitz: A History from Beginning to End
World War II Auschwitz * * *Download for FREE on Kindle Unlimited + Free BONUS Inside!* * * Read On Your Computer, MAC, Smartphone, Kindle Reader, iPad, or Tablet. Auschwitz is a monument to the barbaric inhumanity of the Nazi regime. It is the site where more than one million people were systematically tortured and killed in support of Adolf Hitler’s determination to eradicate entire populations that he viewed as racially impure. Dr. Josef Mengele conducted horrific experiments on live victims, treating his subjects as if they weren’t human. The Jews, homosexuals, Communists, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and the mentally and physically disabled were less than human to the Nazis. The “Final Solution,” a cornerstone of Nazi ideology, enacted a devastating sentence upon people whose only crime was their ethnic origin or their religious and political beliefs. But the voices of Auschwitz continue to be heard. Anne Frank’s diary speaks for all the innocent who were sent there. Elie Wiesel spent his life speaking out against the horrors he and others endured at Auschwitz. The recorded histories of the survivors of the camps keep the memories alive for generations whose only knowledge of the Holocaust would otherwise be through a school assignment to read The Diary of Anne Frank or by watching a movie like Schindler’s List. Auschwitz holds a bizarre fascination for those who hear about it; how could such evil thrive? How could an entire nation surrender to the rantings of a diabolical man who sought revenge against the followers of a religion? The names reverberate in a gallery of maniacs who purported to be Hitler, Goebbels, Mengele, Goering, Himmler, and the countless others who supported them. Inside you will read about... ✓ Adolf Hitler and the Preservation of the Aryan Race ✓ The Nazis in Charge ✓ The Final Solution to the Jewish Question ✓ The Angel of Death ✓ Life in Auschwitz ✓ Liberation and Judgment And much more! Germany today is staunch in its refusal to allow Nazism to thrive. The nation that built Auschwitz and employed its Final Solution is now the country that has enacted legislation to prevent the Holocaust from being repeated. But hatred is contagious. As Martin Luther King, Jr. once observed, Adolf Hitler operated within the law when he committed his vile acts. They were laws that he created. Evil can triumph if people allow it to do so. Today, Auschwitz is a museum where people can see for themselves the terrible extent to which humanity can hate. But Auschwitz is also a warning to subsequent generations. Do not be fooled into thinking that any ethnic group, any nation, any religion is safe. When demagoguery and prejudice are allowed to legislate their evil, genocide becomes a solution to a problem rather than an unthinkable act. It happened once; it can happen again. The survivors and the victims alike want their story to be told, lest we forget.
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March 28, 2019
Jamás pensé que visitaría un campo de concentración en mi vida, pero, aprovechando mi viaje por la maravillosa Polonia, me decidí por dedicarle una visita a Auschwitz, pues el no hacerlo me dejaba con cargos de conciencia.
Por muchos libros que hayas leído, por muchas películas y documentales que hayas visto, NADA te prepara para una experiencia de tal magnitud. Porque no estás en un set de rodaje, por mucho que reconozcas los edificios y las calles. Estás en un emplazamiento REAL, donde en aras de la “limpieza étnica” se han cometido barbaridades contra el ser humano que una mente mínimamente sensible será incapaz de asimilar. Si además realizas la visita con un respetuoso guía polaco que irá describiendo a cada paso el horror por el que vas caminando, explicando cada sala y cada exposición, os aseguro que la visita quedará grabada a fuego hasta el fin de vuestros días.
Este breve compendio publicado por “Hourly History” intenta explicar el porqué de la existencia de este campo y de otros similares. La sinrazón que llevó a Hitler y a sus adláteres, a maquinar, diseñar, construir y silenciar lo que para ellos era “la solución final” a todos sus problemas. Con el consentimiento, nunca lo olvidemos, de gran parte de la ciudadanía, de numerosos cabecillas políticos de todo el orbe, y de un estamento eclesial encabezado por Pio XII, que decidieron que Alemania era un enemigo demasiado poderoso para alzar la voz de las conciencias y enfrentarse abiertamente a ellos.
El libro se lee en poco más de una hora, menos de lo que duran las aproximadamente tres de visita al campo, desde que franqueas la famosa puerta del “Arbeit macht Frei”, hasta que finalizas en las vías del tren junto a Birkenau. Su brevedad y concisión se agradecen (las del libro). Lo que describe es demasiado duro como para soportar una lectura más profunda. Apenas unos breves pero suficientes retazos para que, el que quiera saber, sepa.
Este año de 2019 se cumplen 25 desde el estreno de “La lista de Schindler”, motivo por el que la película ha vuelto a las pantallas. Poco podía imaginarme en su época que acabaría visitando los emplazamientos originales (incluyendo la famosa fábrica). Pero mucho menos podía sospechar que, 25 años después, el nacionalismo mundial emergente, unido a una crisis económica de la que aún no nos hemos recuperado, y a otra, esta de valores humanos tan creciente como aterradora (ejemplo de ello es la gentuza que visita el campo para hacerse selfies, como si de un parque de atracciones se tratara), hicieran que la pesadilla tenga visos de poder volver a repetirse. No hemos aprendido nada.
Por muchos libros que hayas leído, por muchas películas y documentales que hayas visto, NADA te prepara para una experiencia de tal magnitud. Porque no estás en un set de rodaje, por mucho que reconozcas los edificios y las calles. Estás en un emplazamiento REAL, donde en aras de la “limpieza étnica” se han cometido barbaridades contra el ser humano que una mente mínimamente sensible será incapaz de asimilar. Si además realizas la visita con un respetuoso guía polaco que irá describiendo a cada paso el horror por el que vas caminando, explicando cada sala y cada exposición, os aseguro que la visita quedará grabada a fuego hasta el fin de vuestros días.
Este breve compendio publicado por “Hourly History” intenta explicar el porqué de la existencia de este campo y de otros similares. La sinrazón que llevó a Hitler y a sus adláteres, a maquinar, diseñar, construir y silenciar lo que para ellos era “la solución final” a todos sus problemas. Con el consentimiento, nunca lo olvidemos, de gran parte de la ciudadanía, de numerosos cabecillas políticos de todo el orbe, y de un estamento eclesial encabezado por Pio XII, que decidieron que Alemania era un enemigo demasiado poderoso para alzar la voz de las conciencias y enfrentarse abiertamente a ellos.
El libro se lee en poco más de una hora, menos de lo que duran las aproximadamente tres de visita al campo, desde que franqueas la famosa puerta del “Arbeit macht Frei”, hasta que finalizas en las vías del tren junto a Birkenau. Su brevedad y concisión se agradecen (las del libro). Lo que describe es demasiado duro como para soportar una lectura más profunda. Apenas unos breves pero suficientes retazos para que, el que quiera saber, sepa.
Este año de 2019 se cumplen 25 desde el estreno de “La lista de Schindler”, motivo por el que la película ha vuelto a las pantallas. Poco podía imaginarme en su época que acabaría visitando los emplazamientos originales (incluyendo la famosa fábrica). Pero mucho menos podía sospechar que, 25 años después, el nacionalismo mundial emergente, unido a una crisis económica de la que aún no nos hemos recuperado, y a otra, esta de valores humanos tan creciente como aterradora (ejemplo de ello es la gentuza que visita el campo para hacerse selfies, como si de un parque de atracciones se tratara), hicieran que la pesadilla tenga visos de poder volver a repetirse. No hemos aprendido nada.
April 4, 2023
No matter how many books I read on this subject it never becomes less horrible.
December 25, 2022
This is a 2.75 🌟 read rounded ⬆️ to 3 🌟.
January 20, 2024
“As often as the stories are told, it is not enough. In order for the world to remember, the story of Auschwitz must be told again and again.”
One could read a thousand books on the Holocaust, but one would never fully grasp the depravity and evilness in the hearts of those individuals who were able to commit crimes that defy any and all understanding—such a horrific side of human nature. Human isn’t even a word I’d use to describe the monsters behind such atrocities.
This particular “Hourly History” works as a great introduction for those who would like to learn more about the Holocaust, Auschwitz specifically. Concise and informative, it will urge you to read more about the Holocaust and its millions of innocent victims.
One could read a thousand books on the Holocaust, but one would never fully grasp the depravity and evilness in the hearts of those individuals who were able to commit crimes that defy any and all understanding—such a horrific side of human nature. Human isn’t even a word I’d use to describe the monsters behind such atrocities.
This particular “Hourly History” works as a great introduction for those who would like to learn more about the Holocaust, Auschwitz specifically. Concise and informative, it will urge you to read more about the Holocaust and its millions of innocent victims.
December 6, 2017
Auschwitz
Brought the horrors to life. Not an easy book to read with all the details of death and humiliation of the Jews and many others though to be of inferior stock.
Brought the horrors to life. Not an easy book to read with all the details of death and humiliation of the Jews and many others though to be of inferior stock.
September 16, 2023
Auschwitz…. Forever Remembered
This brief summary of what happen under Nazi rule can never be forgotten. The generation who endured this torture are all but gone… we must continue to tell their story… God Bless Them
This brief summary of what happen under Nazi rule can never be forgotten. The generation who endured this torture are all but gone… we must continue to tell their story… God Bless Them
December 13, 2022
Written from an antisemitic position, whether of ex-nazi or church or both, as far as first few chapters go.
This diatribe continues through a chapter on Hitler detailing what he thought, with slant of the writing carefully avoiding antisemitism in explicit terms but allowing readers to conclude that it wasn't silly.
Third chapter on, reality hits.
One is strongly reminded of the lines, quoted by JFK at his inauguration, of the poem by John Donne "No man is an island .... And therefore, do not send to know for whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee"
****
"Nations and governments have participated in genocide since wars began, but there was something different about the Nazi regime’s deliberate, methodical extermination of Jews, homosexuals, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Communists, the disabled, and Gypsies. Just as Holocaust has come to be the definition of a systemic process of genocide against a segment of the population, Auschwitz has come to symbolize the means by which that process took place. The largest and most efficient, if such a gruesomely mundane description can be used, of the camps, Auschwitz was a death sentence from the moment it was constructed."
So far, almost true - there were others before who had perpetrated genocides deliberately, whether genocide of Armenians by Turks, or in past millennia, genocides by Mongols conducted across Asia and Europe, especially Russia.
Then there's the sustained genocide of Hindus for well over a millennium in India, perpetrated by barbaric invading hordes, in name of a creed. This was to the tune of well over a hundred million, as per western estimates. Considering the genocide of eleven million Hindus at and immediately before partition of India, the seemingly high number in that estimate is all too believable as a minimal guess.
But next, author fudges even concentration camp issues.
"Between 1933, when Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany, and 1945, when the Nazi regime fell to Allied forces, more than 3.5 million Germans spent time in concentration camps. But concentration camps were not designed for the eradication of a race; they were founded to contain opponents of the German Reich. Approximately 77,000 were executed in the concentration camps. However, the extermination camps set up by the Nazis for the deliberate murder of those ethnic, religious and political groups it regarded as inferior, had a much higher death toll and a far more macabre mission."
To anyone unfamiliar with facts of history that paragraph would be confusing, despite its actually not lying as such.
***
"After the Nazi takeover of Poland, the Germans began to create camps there and in areas where large groups of Jews lived. The German concept of this evil real estate allowed them to remove German Jews from Germany and do so quickly. The crime of the detainees was identified by the triangular badges that they were forced to wear: political prisoners and Communists wore red; homosexuals were identified by the color pink; Jehovah’s Witnesses wore purple; the Gypsies or Romani wore brown, and the Jews wore yellow."
Here the author refrains from clearing the major issue, which is, that the crime he mentions is no more than being Jewish, Gypsies, et al.
"During its years of operation, more than one million prisoners were killed at Auschwitz, the most notorious of the German camps. It’s impossible to know the complete death toll because so many prisoners died on the way; others, who were sent to the gas chambers upon arrival, increased the death toll. In addition to the murdered Jews, more than 70,000 Poles and nearly 20,000 Gypsies and Soviet prisoners of war died at Auschwitz as well. As the camp was liberated, the remaining inmates, many of whom were seconds away from death, served as a reminder that the world could never forget what took place there.
***
"Other populations have been murdered, massacred, and violated. Man’s inhumanity to man is not unique to any particular era or country. But just as nations have their capital cities, the Holocaust has its own horrifying capital, and that capital is Auschwitz, where technology was sadistically used to kill, and science was distorted to serve the maniacal ends of a country that allowed itself to believe the promises of a madman."
And throughout this introduction the author has successfully fudged the fact that major genocide therein was of Jewish people, to the tune of six million, with whole clans being wiped out; and that this was culmination of over seventeen centuries of weekly preaching by church of falsehoods against Jews, accusing them fraudulently of a murder which was, in reality, committed by Rome, one amongst hundreds of others of Jews.
"Today the site is a museum where research is conducted into the Holocaust. Visitors from all over the world go to the museum to witness for themselves what the persecuted victims of Nazi genocide endured. As often as the stories are told, it is not enough. In order for the world to remember, the story of Auschwitz must be told again and again."
***
Now it becomes clear why author was fudging in introduction about genocide of jews, not even mentioning the number murdered, estimated at six million from meticulous records kept by Germans.
"“Then answered all the people and said, ‘His blood be on us and on our children.’”
"—Matthew 27:25"
But these were not eyewitness accounts, they were written and edited and censored until after Council of Nicea where, having compromised with Roman Empire to avoid further persecution, church instead turned on jews, and made fraudulent accusations, blaming them for execution of their own king and son and brother, an execution ordered and performed by Rome, and only one of several such everyday day for well over a century of colonial occupation of the lands of Jews by whatever name - Judea, Israel, Galilee et al.
"In a Christianized Europe, persecution of the Jews was regarded as a justified response of retaliation against the Jews. ... "
This was chiefly due to church and its lies, its fanning of a hatred based in falsehood preached every week from the pulpit, its fear of Jews being blood relatives of one church worshipped and thus questioning authority and veracity of the church.
" ... The Jews had engineered the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, and from that act, they had taken on the sin of his murder. ... "
This is the lie by church, engineered to cover up guilt of Rome of not only one crucifixion but hundreds every year, perpetrated to keep colonial subjects terrorised and in submission to Rome even as Rome looted and tortured them.
To say that Jews engineered the one crucifixion, and not even to mention that Rome perpetrated it, is no different from accusing gang rape victim of having committed adultery, and ordering her murdered by stones pelted by mobs at her, thus a solving rape perpetrators of their guilt.
" ... But in the early days after the death of Christ, it was Christians who were the persecuted ones. ... "
This is another clever lie, insinuating that therefore somehow the persecution of the Jews was only fair backlash.
In reality persecution of both, Jews and Christians (who were together in the early centuries), was by Rome. Until the church escaped it by betraying Jews and compromising with Rome.
This conduct by church would be parallel to, for example, if Stalin had compromised with Hitler at any point after June 1941 and left German forces free to attack West in full force. Which he did not.
" ... The man destined to become the most influential evangelist of the Christian faith, Paul of Tarsus, was a devout Jew who was known and feared in the young church for the zeal with which he hunted down Christians. That was until his conversion on the road to Damascus, after which time he dedicated his life to preaching the gospel and converting others to the new faith that started as an offshoot of Judaism."
Wasn't Paul a soldier of Rome, and involved in the crucifixion himself in that capacity?
Rome didn't, surely, employ Jews?
***
"For the Gentile converts who were unfamiliar with Judaism and the close ties between the new sect and the established Jewish faith which Jesus had practiced, anti-Semitism was not unfamiliar. The Gospel of John cast aspersions on the Jewish leaders who were seen as hostile to the growth of the new faith. The Christian Church, as it grew, began to regard itself as superior to the Jews and writings reflect the belief that Jews, who had rejected Jesus, were themselves rejected. They were destined to wander the land, homeless and unwanted, for their sin against Christ."
This is an all too convenient excuse, even a horrible justification, of persecution of jews by Rome. Fact is it was nothing but usual behaviour that Europe has been indulging in of perpetuation of horrors against "other" people, invading and loot and justifying it, with the underlying assumption being merely that of every atrocity from genocide to theft, and chiefly, land theft, being justifiable, nay, only proper, as long as it was by Europe against others.
Persecution of Jews by Europe was no different from what was perpetrated by Europeans against natives of continent across Atlantic, or against most of Asia, for that matter, or slavery perpetrated against Africans.
***
"The Roman Empire, the dominant power in the region, tolerated most faiths but drew the line at Christianity. ... "
Couldn't be because of how intolerant the creed was, could it?
" ... When a fire destroyed much of Rome during the reign of Emperor Nero in 64 CE, there was renewed vigor in executing the Christians. Under Emperor Trajan, Christians were given the opportunity to recant and agree to worship the Roman gods. If they refused, they were executed. Later, antipathy to Christians moderated somewhat; Emperor Hadrian ruled that when a Christian was brought to trial, it was necessary to prove that an illegal act had been committed before the Christian could be condemned."
Which is more than can be said about the reverse, especially in centuries through inquisition and after.
"For three hundred years under imperial rule, Christianity continued to be viewed as an unpopular faith. Because they would not worship the many gods of the Romans, blame was placed on them when a natural disaster or catastrophe befell the community. ... "
And that's exactly what every church had done since about all "other"s
" ... Despite the persecution, Christianity continued to grow and to develop ecclesiastical organization as they stubbornly refused to be cowed by the authorities seeking to stamp out their faith."
So, ever since, the church promises hell to those who don't submit!
***
"In 257 CE, Emperor Valerian banished Christian bishops, shut down Christian worship sites and cemeteries, and forbade anyone to enter Christian locations. But the Christians were not subdued by the edict and continued to observe their faith, driving Valerian to order the execution of Christian clergy and confiscate church property. When Diocletian became the emperor, he was not personally opposed to the religion; in fact, there were members of his family who were followers of Jesus Christ. But he was influenced by his advisors and the persecution intensified as Christians were purged from the Roman army and the civil service. Christian worship services were forbidden and churches destroyed; holy writings were burned; Christians of high rank in the government were denied their civil rights."
They had civil rights, unlike how Jews were treated in most of Europe.
"The role of Christians changed dramatically upon the accession of Constantine to the imperial throne. On the night before a momentous battle, Constantine dreamed that Jesus Christ came to him and told him to use the cross as his symbol in order to conquer his enemies. ... "
These might be part of false stories made up about hom by church.
"With victory in battle and his dominance in Rome, Constantine’s policy of endorsement shifted the balance of power. No longer were Christians the downtrodden and the persecuted. The tables had turned, but the empowered Christians did not follow the example of the Prince of Peace in their dealings with other faiths."
"Prince of Peace"??? As in one who :came to him and told him to use the cross as his symbol in order to conquer his enemies"????
***
"By the Middle Ages, Europe had been Christianized and Jews were a powerless minority, often denied citizenship. In some countries, they could not hold positions in government or join the army. ... "
Again, author is implying without explicitly stating a turning of tables, all the while aware that it's nothing of the sort.
Fact is, Jews had been never in a position better than this in Europe, which doesn't mean that they were at any time in a good position in Europe, ever.
Fact is, "Europe had been Christianized" wasn't related to Judaism or Jews in any way whatsoever, and the faiths and religions wiped out, covered up or stamped out of existence by church were all non-abrahmic.
" ... In 1096, French knights who had returned from the First Crusade massacred Jews in France and Germany. ... "
Which they had been doing in the so-called Holy Land - in reality land that belonged to Jews - as well.
" ... Now it was the Jews who were falsely accused of grotesque acts, including the claim that, in order to make Passover bread, the Jews sacrificed Christian children and took their blood as an ingredient. ... "
That "Now" insinuates, falsely, that this was new, or that it was accusations in reverse. Fact is church foes always accuse all "other"s, falsely.
Also, the seemingly insinuated implication, that Jews had done this to 'christians', is false.
" ... In the twelfth century, Jews were required to wear a yellow badge to indicate their membership in a despised and accursed religion, a practice which would resurface in the twentieth century as the Nazis adopted ways to mark Jews. Another institution, the ghetto, had its roots in the medieval era, as Jewish communities were segregated from the Christian population."
So, all that nazis are guilty of, is taking the routine discrimination and torture of Jews to an extreme, with efficiency typical of Germany.
***
"The Jews, however despised they might have been by the Christians who held power, had an important economic role in Christian society. Christian rules forbade each other from charging interest when money was borrowed. Jews, however, were not bound by this stricture and were able to loan money. The stereotype of the rich, stingy Jewish moneylender would endure throughout the medieval ages and even beyond as resentment against Jewish financial acumen would be a frequent source of hostility toward the religion."
What could be more fraudulent than a pretentious system that forbids charging interest, and gets around it by either using Jewish people or religious banks that give loans with interest amount cut up front with label changed from interest to gift or charity!
Why not forbid borrowing from any lender who vhsrges interest? Or one who keeps a part of amount in name of gift? Why not condemn paying of interest with promise of hell?
***
"With the growth of commerce during the late Middle Ages, Jewish success in the financial sector became an established part of the economic foundation of the countries. It was inevitable that resentment would result from envy. In 1290, England had expelled its Jewish residents; France, Germany, Portugal, Provence, and the Papal States would do the same from the fourteenth to the sixteenth centuries. Spain offered its Jewish population the option of converting to Christianity, but even those who converted were distrusted and fell into the clutches of the Spanish Inquisition. Exiled from Western Europe where they had lived for centuries, many Jews migrated to Poland and Russia."
A safe bet, those expelled lost their hard earned wealth, due to bring not allowed to take it away.
Not really different from jihadists who declare, cool, that they'll get the wealth of those who earn it, by simply massacring them and taking their wealth. Invaders did it in India for over a millennium and a half.
***
"The many benefits that Jewish residents brought to their adoptive countries were disregarded. The Jewish role in trade was a significant one. They also played an important role in the culture of their societies. In Spain, before their expulsion, Jewish writers, philosophers, and physicians shared prominence with Christian and Muslim members of those professions."
Author forgets to mention that without Jews, Renaissance wouldn't be possible quite so early after devastation wrought by inquisition throughout Europe.
***
"The Protestant Reformation did not bring about a transformation in attitudes toward Jews. Martin Luther made use of Jewish scholars when he was translating Hebrew scriptures into German, but he could not forgive the Jews for their role in the death of Jesus. ... "
Was he illiterate, and had no way of knowing that Rome was in colonial control and responsible for the crucifixion? Or did he exonerate Rome due to being powerful, and church for compromising with Rome and turning on Jews, and accusing them falsely instead?
" ... He wrote, “We are at fault for not slaying them. Rather we allow them to live freely in our midst despite their murder, cursing, blaspheming, lying and defaming.” ... "
And he never questioned, what if all that was false accusation?
" ... The Counter-Reformation followed suit, using ghettoes to segregate Jews where they lived in Catholic countries and supporting laws which mistreated Jews. Persecution and massacres, particularly in Ukraine and Poland, took place in the seventeenth century. The Enlightenment of the eighteenth century brought about a way of thinking which relied less on superstition and more on rational thought, but the Jews did not benefit from the philosophy. As philosophers of the Enlightenment scorned religion, they blamed Judaism for having been the original source of Christianity and its primitive beliefs; Voltaire was contemptuous of the Jews and their practices."
Hereby evident is just how deep the terror instilled by inquisition had gone to the very roots of psyche of Europe.
***
"Ironically, the persecutions built the Jewish community into a unified population with an identity forged by its isolation from the other faiths. ... "
What "other faiths", exactly? Other branches of church, with the only difference being of who was in power?
" ... Equally ironic is the fact that the bloody French Revolution extended to Jews an opportunity to be regarded as equals in a new society where religion was not the ....
This diatribe continues through a chapter on Hitler detailing what he thought, with slant of the writing carefully avoiding antisemitism in explicit terms but allowing readers to conclude that it wasn't silly.
Third chapter on, reality hits.
One is strongly reminded of the lines, quoted by JFK at his inauguration, of the poem by John Donne "No man is an island .... And therefore, do not send to know for whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee"
****
"Nations and governments have participated in genocide since wars began, but there was something different about the Nazi regime’s deliberate, methodical extermination of Jews, homosexuals, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Communists, the disabled, and Gypsies. Just as Holocaust has come to be the definition of a systemic process of genocide against a segment of the population, Auschwitz has come to symbolize the means by which that process took place. The largest and most efficient, if such a gruesomely mundane description can be used, of the camps, Auschwitz was a death sentence from the moment it was constructed."
So far, almost true - there were others before who had perpetrated genocides deliberately, whether genocide of Armenians by Turks, or in past millennia, genocides by Mongols conducted across Asia and Europe, especially Russia.
Then there's the sustained genocide of Hindus for well over a millennium in India, perpetrated by barbaric invading hordes, in name of a creed. This was to the tune of well over a hundred million, as per western estimates. Considering the genocide of eleven million Hindus at and immediately before partition of India, the seemingly high number in that estimate is all too believable as a minimal guess.
But next, author fudges even concentration camp issues.
"Between 1933, when Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany, and 1945, when the Nazi regime fell to Allied forces, more than 3.5 million Germans spent time in concentration camps. But concentration camps were not designed for the eradication of a race; they were founded to contain opponents of the German Reich. Approximately 77,000 were executed in the concentration camps. However, the extermination camps set up by the Nazis for the deliberate murder of those ethnic, religious and political groups it regarded as inferior, had a much higher death toll and a far more macabre mission."
To anyone unfamiliar with facts of history that paragraph would be confusing, despite its actually not lying as such.
***
"After the Nazi takeover of Poland, the Germans began to create camps there and in areas where large groups of Jews lived. The German concept of this evil real estate allowed them to remove German Jews from Germany and do so quickly. The crime of the detainees was identified by the triangular badges that they were forced to wear: political prisoners and Communists wore red; homosexuals were identified by the color pink; Jehovah’s Witnesses wore purple; the Gypsies or Romani wore brown, and the Jews wore yellow."
Here the author refrains from clearing the major issue, which is, that the crime he mentions is no more than being Jewish, Gypsies, et al.
"During its years of operation, more than one million prisoners were killed at Auschwitz, the most notorious of the German camps. It’s impossible to know the complete death toll because so many prisoners died on the way; others, who were sent to the gas chambers upon arrival, increased the death toll. In addition to the murdered Jews, more than 70,000 Poles and nearly 20,000 Gypsies and Soviet prisoners of war died at Auschwitz as well. As the camp was liberated, the remaining inmates, many of whom were seconds away from death, served as a reminder that the world could never forget what took place there.
***
"Other populations have been murdered, massacred, and violated. Man’s inhumanity to man is not unique to any particular era or country. But just as nations have their capital cities, the Holocaust has its own horrifying capital, and that capital is Auschwitz, where technology was sadistically used to kill, and science was distorted to serve the maniacal ends of a country that allowed itself to believe the promises of a madman."
And throughout this introduction the author has successfully fudged the fact that major genocide therein was of Jewish people, to the tune of six million, with whole clans being wiped out; and that this was culmination of over seventeen centuries of weekly preaching by church of falsehoods against Jews, accusing them fraudulently of a murder which was, in reality, committed by Rome, one amongst hundreds of others of Jews.
"Today the site is a museum where research is conducted into the Holocaust. Visitors from all over the world go to the museum to witness for themselves what the persecuted victims of Nazi genocide endured. As often as the stories are told, it is not enough. In order for the world to remember, the story of Auschwitz must be told again and again."
***
Now it becomes clear why author was fudging in introduction about genocide of jews, not even mentioning the number murdered, estimated at six million from meticulous records kept by Germans.
"“Then answered all the people and said, ‘His blood be on us and on our children.’”
"—Matthew 27:25"
But these were not eyewitness accounts, they were written and edited and censored until after Council of Nicea where, having compromised with Roman Empire to avoid further persecution, church instead turned on jews, and made fraudulent accusations, blaming them for execution of their own king and son and brother, an execution ordered and performed by Rome, and only one of several such everyday day for well over a century of colonial occupation of the lands of Jews by whatever name - Judea, Israel, Galilee et al.
"In a Christianized Europe, persecution of the Jews was regarded as a justified response of retaliation against the Jews. ... "
This was chiefly due to church and its lies, its fanning of a hatred based in falsehood preached every week from the pulpit, its fear of Jews being blood relatives of one church worshipped and thus questioning authority and veracity of the church.
" ... The Jews had engineered the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, and from that act, they had taken on the sin of his murder. ... "
This is the lie by church, engineered to cover up guilt of Rome of not only one crucifixion but hundreds every year, perpetrated to keep colonial subjects terrorised and in submission to Rome even as Rome looted and tortured them.
To say that Jews engineered the one crucifixion, and not even to mention that Rome perpetrated it, is no different from accusing gang rape victim of having committed adultery, and ordering her murdered by stones pelted by mobs at her, thus a solving rape perpetrators of their guilt.
" ... But in the early days after the death of Christ, it was Christians who were the persecuted ones. ... "
This is another clever lie, insinuating that therefore somehow the persecution of the Jews was only fair backlash.
In reality persecution of both, Jews and Christians (who were together in the early centuries), was by Rome. Until the church escaped it by betraying Jews and compromising with Rome.
This conduct by church would be parallel to, for example, if Stalin had compromised with Hitler at any point after June 1941 and left German forces free to attack West in full force. Which he did not.
" ... The man destined to become the most influential evangelist of the Christian faith, Paul of Tarsus, was a devout Jew who was known and feared in the young church for the zeal with which he hunted down Christians. That was until his conversion on the road to Damascus, after which time he dedicated his life to preaching the gospel and converting others to the new faith that started as an offshoot of Judaism."
Wasn't Paul a soldier of Rome, and involved in the crucifixion himself in that capacity?
Rome didn't, surely, employ Jews?
***
"For the Gentile converts who were unfamiliar with Judaism and the close ties between the new sect and the established Jewish faith which Jesus had practiced, anti-Semitism was not unfamiliar. The Gospel of John cast aspersions on the Jewish leaders who were seen as hostile to the growth of the new faith. The Christian Church, as it grew, began to regard itself as superior to the Jews and writings reflect the belief that Jews, who had rejected Jesus, were themselves rejected. They were destined to wander the land, homeless and unwanted, for their sin against Christ."
This is an all too convenient excuse, even a horrible justification, of persecution of jews by Rome. Fact is it was nothing but usual behaviour that Europe has been indulging in of perpetuation of horrors against "other" people, invading and loot and justifying it, with the underlying assumption being merely that of every atrocity from genocide to theft, and chiefly, land theft, being justifiable, nay, only proper, as long as it was by Europe against others.
Persecution of Jews by Europe was no different from what was perpetrated by Europeans against natives of continent across Atlantic, or against most of Asia, for that matter, or slavery perpetrated against Africans.
***
"The Roman Empire, the dominant power in the region, tolerated most faiths but drew the line at Christianity. ... "
Couldn't be because of how intolerant the creed was, could it?
" ... When a fire destroyed much of Rome during the reign of Emperor Nero in 64 CE, there was renewed vigor in executing the Christians. Under Emperor Trajan, Christians were given the opportunity to recant and agree to worship the Roman gods. If they refused, they were executed. Later, antipathy to Christians moderated somewhat; Emperor Hadrian ruled that when a Christian was brought to trial, it was necessary to prove that an illegal act had been committed before the Christian could be condemned."
Which is more than can be said about the reverse, especially in centuries through inquisition and after.
"For three hundred years under imperial rule, Christianity continued to be viewed as an unpopular faith. Because they would not worship the many gods of the Romans, blame was placed on them when a natural disaster or catastrophe befell the community. ... "
And that's exactly what every church had done since about all "other"s
" ... Despite the persecution, Christianity continued to grow and to develop ecclesiastical organization as they stubbornly refused to be cowed by the authorities seeking to stamp out their faith."
So, ever since, the church promises hell to those who don't submit!
***
"In 257 CE, Emperor Valerian banished Christian bishops, shut down Christian worship sites and cemeteries, and forbade anyone to enter Christian locations. But the Christians were not subdued by the edict and continued to observe their faith, driving Valerian to order the execution of Christian clergy and confiscate church property. When Diocletian became the emperor, he was not personally opposed to the religion; in fact, there were members of his family who were followers of Jesus Christ. But he was influenced by his advisors and the persecution intensified as Christians were purged from the Roman army and the civil service. Christian worship services were forbidden and churches destroyed; holy writings were burned; Christians of high rank in the government were denied their civil rights."
They had civil rights, unlike how Jews were treated in most of Europe.
"The role of Christians changed dramatically upon the accession of Constantine to the imperial throne. On the night before a momentous battle, Constantine dreamed that Jesus Christ came to him and told him to use the cross as his symbol in order to conquer his enemies. ... "
These might be part of false stories made up about hom by church.
"With victory in battle and his dominance in Rome, Constantine’s policy of endorsement shifted the balance of power. No longer were Christians the downtrodden and the persecuted. The tables had turned, but the empowered Christians did not follow the example of the Prince of Peace in their dealings with other faiths."
"Prince of Peace"??? As in one who :came to him and told him to use the cross as his symbol in order to conquer his enemies"????
***
"By the Middle Ages, Europe had been Christianized and Jews were a powerless minority, often denied citizenship. In some countries, they could not hold positions in government or join the army. ... "
Again, author is implying without explicitly stating a turning of tables, all the while aware that it's nothing of the sort.
Fact is, Jews had been never in a position better than this in Europe, which doesn't mean that they were at any time in a good position in Europe, ever.
Fact is, "Europe had been Christianized" wasn't related to Judaism or Jews in any way whatsoever, and the faiths and religions wiped out, covered up or stamped out of existence by church were all non-abrahmic.
" ... In 1096, French knights who had returned from the First Crusade massacred Jews in France and Germany. ... "
Which they had been doing in the so-called Holy Land - in reality land that belonged to Jews - as well.
" ... Now it was the Jews who were falsely accused of grotesque acts, including the claim that, in order to make Passover bread, the Jews sacrificed Christian children and took their blood as an ingredient. ... "
That "Now" insinuates, falsely, that this was new, or that it was accusations in reverse. Fact is church foes always accuse all "other"s, falsely.
Also, the seemingly insinuated implication, that Jews had done this to 'christians', is false.
" ... In the twelfth century, Jews were required to wear a yellow badge to indicate their membership in a despised and accursed religion, a practice which would resurface in the twentieth century as the Nazis adopted ways to mark Jews. Another institution, the ghetto, had its roots in the medieval era, as Jewish communities were segregated from the Christian population."
So, all that nazis are guilty of, is taking the routine discrimination and torture of Jews to an extreme, with efficiency typical of Germany.
***
"The Jews, however despised they might have been by the Christians who held power, had an important economic role in Christian society. Christian rules forbade each other from charging interest when money was borrowed. Jews, however, were not bound by this stricture and were able to loan money. The stereotype of the rich, stingy Jewish moneylender would endure throughout the medieval ages and even beyond as resentment against Jewish financial acumen would be a frequent source of hostility toward the religion."
What could be more fraudulent than a pretentious system that forbids charging interest, and gets around it by either using Jewish people or religious banks that give loans with interest amount cut up front with label changed from interest to gift or charity!
Why not forbid borrowing from any lender who vhsrges interest? Or one who keeps a part of amount in name of gift? Why not condemn paying of interest with promise of hell?
***
"With the growth of commerce during the late Middle Ages, Jewish success in the financial sector became an established part of the economic foundation of the countries. It was inevitable that resentment would result from envy. In 1290, England had expelled its Jewish residents; France, Germany, Portugal, Provence, and the Papal States would do the same from the fourteenth to the sixteenth centuries. Spain offered its Jewish population the option of converting to Christianity, but even those who converted were distrusted and fell into the clutches of the Spanish Inquisition. Exiled from Western Europe where they had lived for centuries, many Jews migrated to Poland and Russia."
A safe bet, those expelled lost their hard earned wealth, due to bring not allowed to take it away.
Not really different from jihadists who declare, cool, that they'll get the wealth of those who earn it, by simply massacring them and taking their wealth. Invaders did it in India for over a millennium and a half.
***
"The many benefits that Jewish residents brought to their adoptive countries were disregarded. The Jewish role in trade was a significant one. They also played an important role in the culture of their societies. In Spain, before their expulsion, Jewish writers, philosophers, and physicians shared prominence with Christian and Muslim members of those professions."
Author forgets to mention that without Jews, Renaissance wouldn't be possible quite so early after devastation wrought by inquisition throughout Europe.
***
"The Protestant Reformation did not bring about a transformation in attitudes toward Jews. Martin Luther made use of Jewish scholars when he was translating Hebrew scriptures into German, but he could not forgive the Jews for their role in the death of Jesus. ... "
Was he illiterate, and had no way of knowing that Rome was in colonial control and responsible for the crucifixion? Or did he exonerate Rome due to being powerful, and church for compromising with Rome and turning on Jews, and accusing them falsely instead?
" ... He wrote, “We are at fault for not slaying them. Rather we allow them to live freely in our midst despite their murder, cursing, blaspheming, lying and defaming.” ... "
And he never questioned, what if all that was false accusation?
" ... The Counter-Reformation followed suit, using ghettoes to segregate Jews where they lived in Catholic countries and supporting laws which mistreated Jews. Persecution and massacres, particularly in Ukraine and Poland, took place in the seventeenth century. The Enlightenment of the eighteenth century brought about a way of thinking which relied less on superstition and more on rational thought, but the Jews did not benefit from the philosophy. As philosophers of the Enlightenment scorned religion, they blamed Judaism for having been the original source of Christianity and its primitive beliefs; Voltaire was contemptuous of the Jews and their practices."
Hereby evident is just how deep the terror instilled by inquisition had gone to the very roots of psyche of Europe.
***
"Ironically, the persecutions built the Jewish community into a unified population with an identity forged by its isolation from the other faiths. ... "
What "other faiths", exactly? Other branches of church, with the only difference being of who was in power?
" ... Equally ironic is the fact that the bloody French Revolution extended to Jews an opportunity to be regarded as equals in a new society where religion was not the ....
January 19, 2024
Auschwitz: Death Camp
The author did a great job in writing this book. Great information and frightening recollections of the Nazi atrocities. This book reopened an interest about The Holocaust. I want to read more and share with my children.
Hate is on the rise again and we need to stop it. It is all racial hate that is going to destroy our world.
The author did a great job in writing this book. Great information and frightening recollections of the Nazi atrocities. This book reopened an interest about The Holocaust. I want to read more and share with my children.
Hate is on the rise again and we need to stop it. It is all racial hate that is going to destroy our world.
October 7, 2019
Another classic by hourly history. They never disappoint you. 👍
It's very saddening to read about the camps in auschwitz. I mean how could a regime being be so cruel and oppressing. Its a barbarian act. I guess we humans being are worse than animals. 😢
It's very saddening to read about the camps in auschwitz. I mean how could a regime being be so cruel and oppressing. Its a barbarian act. I guess we humans being are worse than animals. 😢
January 28, 2019
This book I choose because it is Holocaust Rememberance Day.I thought it was a good choice and a very quick read.This book did not go into a great deal of detail and seemed to be direct and factual.
March 18, 2018
Shocking
I've not read directly into Auschwitz before, only indirectly through other books. This book, although short, captures the horror of the things that happened there and just how evil it was. Going from how Hitler came to hate the Jews through to the murderous psychopath Josef mengele in an hour was an experience.
It says its only a short book so don't expect detailed accounts, however it is full of enough for you to get the picture. Brilliant read of a horrible history.
I've not read directly into Auschwitz before, only indirectly through other books. This book, although short, captures the horror of the things that happened there and just how evil it was. Going from how Hitler came to hate the Jews through to the murderous psychopath Josef mengele in an hour was an experience.
It says its only a short book so don't expect detailed accounts, however it is full of enough for you to get the picture. Brilliant read of a horrible history.
January 3, 2019
It was very informative but I feel too short
like others have said this book was great but too short.
It incredibly helpful to learn a basic of what happened but I feel those that suffered deserve there stories t u be told.
I read this in little over a day and a half and at times wanted to cry to hear the horrific basis on which the Nazi party worked.
I will be reading more books about this subject.
This was a great way to start learning and I'm very pleased i found and read it.
like others have said this book was great but too short.
It incredibly helpful to learn a basic of what happened but I feel those that suffered deserve there stories t u be told.
I read this in little over a day and a half and at times wanted to cry to hear the horrific basis on which the Nazi party worked.
I will be reading more books about this subject.
This was a great way to start learning and I'm very pleased i found and read it.
October 11, 2018
This book tells a plethora of horrors in one hour. I'm grateful for the author for making it short. This kind of mental trauma cannot be taken for long. This isn't the first book I read about Nazi camps, but this gave much more information than a historical fiction.
A very good read.
A very good read.
October 14, 2024
Hate Mongering Continues Today
Auschwitz is now a world renowned museum in remembrance of those who lost their lives there. Millions upon Millions of people from all over the world have visited there. It stands as a symbol of “Crimes Against Humanity” that rebukes anti-semitism, even though hatred continues to run rampant throughout the world.
One would think that it would have been obvious at the Nuremberg Trials that all parties involved with the treatment of the prisoners in Auschwitz’s would have been found guilty and sentenced to death. However, a few of the most evil among them escaped to live another day.
We, as a people of the world, would learn lessons from Auschwitz and other WWII concentrations camps. But, one wonders whether we have learned anything at all.
Good information included in this Hourly History.
Auschwitz is now a world renowned museum in remembrance of those who lost their lives there. Millions upon Millions of people from all over the world have visited there. It stands as a symbol of “Crimes Against Humanity” that rebukes anti-semitism, even though hatred continues to run rampant throughout the world.
One would think that it would have been obvious at the Nuremberg Trials that all parties involved with the treatment of the prisoners in Auschwitz’s would have been found guilty and sentenced to death. However, a few of the most evil among them escaped to live another day.
We, as a people of the world, would learn lessons from Auschwitz and other WWII concentrations camps. But, one wonders whether we have learned anything at all.
Good information included in this Hourly History.
August 26, 2019
A Short History, but Enough to Help Us Never Forget
The story begins with a history of persecution against the Jews from way before World War II. Sadly, many people over time have blamed the Jewish race for the death of Jesus Christ, many of the claiming to be Christians. But no one killed Jesus—He laid down His life to save ours. Reading the Bible confirms this. But historic prejudice and envy of the Jews helps set the stage for the horrors of Auschwitz. This brief history should be required reading so that those who have no knowledge of the atrocities against humanity committed at Auschwitz will be reminded of what hatred can do. This was racism at it’s worst. It makes some of what is called racism today pale by comparison. We must never ever forget!
The story begins with a history of persecution against the Jews from way before World War II. Sadly, many people over time have blamed the Jewish race for the death of Jesus Christ, many of the claiming to be Christians. But no one killed Jesus—He laid down His life to save ours. Reading the Bible confirms this. But historic prejudice and envy of the Jews helps set the stage for the horrors of Auschwitz. This brief history should be required reading so that those who have no knowledge of the atrocities against humanity committed at Auschwitz will be reminded of what hatred can do. This was racism at it’s worst. It makes some of what is called racism today pale by comparison. We must never ever forget!
February 5, 2023
Good but could have been better
I appreciated some of the backstory in the early chapters, especially about Christians and Jews. I don't think Hitler's hatred of Jews was proven to have started with the doctor that treated his mother and that should not have been stated as if it was fact. I also wish more about the actual camp was included. Given the book's title, the camp should have featured much more prominently. I also think some of the notable escapes should have been mentioned.
Lastly, at the end, the author turns a bit preachy, bringing up current times. I didn't notice any egregious writing errors like I have in previous books.
I appreciated some of the backstory in the early chapters, especially about Christians and Jews. I don't think Hitler's hatred of Jews was proven to have started with the doctor that treated his mother and that should not have been stated as if it was fact. I also wish more about the actual camp was included. Given the book's title, the camp should have featured much more prominently. I also think some of the notable escapes should have been mentioned.
Lastly, at the end, the author turns a bit preachy, bringing up current times. I didn't notice any egregious writing errors like I have in previous books.
June 29, 2021
Heartbreaking
Very thought provoking. I have many books on ww 11 . it is scary that this type of outrage could happen again if we don't learn from the past and those that lived through it. Sadly there aren't many left and the younger generation may never have to study about the manipulating that went on. Nobody wants to admit it happened,but look at the millions that were murdered .
Very thought provoking. I have many books on ww 11 . it is scary that this type of outrage could happen again if we don't learn from the past and those that lived through it. Sadly there aren't many left and the younger generation may never have to study about the manipulating that went on. Nobody wants to admit it happened,but look at the millions that were murdered .
November 4, 2022
Never Forget It could happen again!!!
It is something we think could happen only in places like China or Russia because since long before World War II those two countries seemed to be already doing similar things in their part of the world. Now even in this country the very parts of government we've looked to as being above reproach such as the FBI have been involved in misconduct in Presidential elections. Be aware and trust but verify. It could happen again.
It is something we think could happen only in places like China or Russia because since long before World War II those two countries seemed to be already doing similar things in their part of the world. Now even in this country the very parts of government we've looked to as being above reproach such as the FBI have been involved in misconduct in Presidential elections. Be aware and trust but verify. It could happen again.
March 28, 2024
Very informative
I was stationed in West Berlin in the US Army from 1975-1978 and I saw much of what was spoken of in this book, although when Myself and another soldier went to Dachau it was shocking to see even the tourist version after it had been made a tour site. The book brings the atrocities to an easy to read, short book that summarizes what happened there. Will the people of this world ever learn that we need each other?
I was stationed in West Berlin in the US Army from 1975-1978 and I saw much of what was spoken of in this book, although when Myself and another soldier went to Dachau it was shocking to see even the tourist version after it had been made a tour site. The book brings the atrocities to an easy to read, short book that summarizes what happened there. Will the people of this world ever learn that we need each other?
June 19, 2024
This book is very well written and edited compared to other books in this series, which makes sense considering the seriousness of the subject matter.
It spends quite a bit of time giving a background on anti-semitism before settling into the main topic.
It's quite informative but I have to admit I found it challenging because I am the kind of person who avoids anything gruesome. The most difficult part was reading about some of Mengele's experiments, they hardly seem real.
Also Mengele managed to kill 400,000 people in just 21 months. Like, WTF? How is that even possible?
So, definitely not enjoyable, but well written and informative.
It spends quite a bit of time giving a background on anti-semitism before settling into the main topic.
It's quite informative but I have to admit I found it challenging because I am the kind of person who avoids anything gruesome. The most difficult part was reading about some of Mengele's experiments, they hardly seem real.
Also Mengele managed to kill 400,000 people in just 21 months. Like, WTF? How is that even possible?
So, definitely not enjoyable, but well written and informative.
January 25, 2022
Compelling and clear.Recommended.
I found this book to be well-ordered, lucid, and and compellingly written. I have read this history in other and larger books, but anyone coming to it for a first time will likely benefit from its straightforward coverage and insightful and clear accounts.
I found this book to be well-ordered, lucid, and and compellingly written. I have read this history in other and larger books, but anyone coming to it for a first time will likely benefit from its straightforward coverage and insightful and clear accounts.
May 3, 2023
Never Forget
This short book gives the reader a brief look at the mind set of Hitler's Nazi leaders and their hatred of minority people. The brutality inflicted on the concentration camp inmates exceeds the imagination of those who were born after WWII so this book may serve as a valuable lesson for them. I pray so.
This short book gives the reader a brief look at the mind set of Hitler's Nazi leaders and their hatred of minority people. The brutality inflicted on the concentration camp inmates exceeds the imagination of those who were born after WWII so this book may serve as a valuable lesson for them. I pray so.
August 23, 2018
Auschwitz
A sobering read.
Packs a lot into one hour and while an hour can barely do justice to what happened in Auschwitz, I would urge anyone who needs to jog their memory to read this.
A sobering read.
Packs a lot into one hour and while an hour can barely do justice to what happened in Auschwitz, I would urge anyone who needs to jog their memory to read this.
May 6, 2019
Excellent
Really enjoyed reading. It was interesting and factual. I learnt a lot and didn't find any of it boring to read. It captures the reader and is well explained. Gets straight to the point and is well laid out. 5 stars ☺
Really enjoyed reading. It was interesting and factual. I learnt a lot and didn't find any of it boring to read. It captures the reader and is well explained. Gets straight to the point and is well laid out. 5 stars ☺
May 27, 2019
Great read for high school students
It's fast to the point but has a lot of detail, my older brother hates reading but his school work forced him to read. This was a great read for him.
It's fast to the point but has a lot of detail, my older brother hates reading but his school work forced him to read. This was a great read for him.
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September 5, 2019Events that are mention in this book is horrifying... very nice book..
I never knew this side of history. I heard about genocide. But this brutality was something else. Thanks for sharing this knowledge..
I never knew this side of history. I heard about genocide. But this brutality was something else. Thanks for sharing this knowledge..
January 27, 2020
Zero
They immediately blame christianity and ignore hitler’s darwinistic and satanic beliefs and even downplay his evolutionary anti semitism this was the worst of their books there are other problems but we will leave it here
They immediately blame christianity and ignore hitler’s darwinistic and satanic beliefs and even downplay his evolutionary anti semitism this was the worst of their books there are other problems but we will leave it here
December 27, 2021
It is easy to see the parallels between the lead up of what the Nazis did--segregating people of a different faith, ethnic background or sexual orientation and how governments and their health leaders today are “classifying” and shaming...
November 29, 2022
Painful reminder
Terrifying and painful to read. However should be required reading and discussed or the same for similar text.
Events listed should be acknowledged and never allowed to happen again.
Terrifying and painful to read. However should be required reading and discussed or the same for similar text.
Events listed should be acknowledged and never allowed to happen again.
February 11, 2025
An astonishing compilation of the horrifying events by a “civilized” people.
It is very hard to understand how a highly educated population could justify their tortuous behavior against a small population of civilized people. The brutality they performed is unimaginable.
It is very hard to understand how a highly educated population could justify their tortuous behavior against a small population of civilized people. The brutality they performed is unimaginable.
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