January 27, 2016 9:32 pm
One day at a blog most of us know well, we were visited by someone who wrote,
I would encourage those who believe anything negative about Hitler to please have an open mind and do some further study. We are lied to about almost everything these days. Carolyn Yeager is a good source for this topic.
Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a day to remember – and to remind others – the horrors that were carried out by people who looked like you and me.
The Holocaust happened, and it could happen again. There are many times in history when the mass killing of human beings took place as a result of political upheaval. Genocide is the organized destruction of all or a significant part of a racial, ethnic, religious or national group. Well-known examples of genocide include the Holocaust, the Armenian genocide, the Bosnian genocide and, more recently, the Rwandan genocide.
Today, however, we are talking about the Holocaust brought about by the Nazis of Germany, and their supporters in Germany and other countries, during the period preceding and during WWII. In the case of the Holocaust, it was mainly Jews who were villified, marginalized, and murdered, although other political opponents, and other groups, such as Polish Catholics and gypsies, were also put into ghettos and concentration camps, where they were starved, subjected to hard forced labor, and where they died or were murdered.
While wandering the Innertubes, I happened upon many, many, videos showing film footage taken during WWII, particularly film taken by American troops at the time of the invasion of Germany and Poland at the end of the war. There are those, like our visitor, who have been convinced that this Holocaust was a hoax (that’s what they call it). For the rest of us, I offer this film which describes the history in Europe that culminated in Hitler’s Germany, and what happened during WWII. It is called The Path to Nazi Genocide.
Here is video of film taken by the United States Army during the closing months of WWII:
These films were made to document what was found, and shown in theaters across the United States so that our citizens were made witness to the evil deeds committed in the name of German National Socialism.
If you have interest in this topic, another good source for information is the website of The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
This must NEVER happen again.
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That was some thread. I remember that one well.
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By tessa50 on January 27, 2016 at 10:10 pm
I also recommend the film Shoah. The entirety (many hours) is on YouTube.
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By taqiyyologist on January 27, 2016 at 10:22 pm
This isn’t the whole film, it seems.
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By taqiyyologist on January 27, 2016 at 10:24 pm
Part 2. MGM took down part 1.
6 hours.
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By taqiyyologist on January 27, 2016 at 10:29 pm
I found the documentary on youtube, but not in English. So far, only found german and Spanish.
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By tessa50 on January 27, 2016 at 10:32 pm
not to get weird but given the fact of the timing, do you suppose today’s Holocaust Remembrance Day was reason why FOX chose it as their Debate night and thus their choice of “special” guests in order to really ambush Trump?
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By ctdar on January 28, 2016 at 10:54 am
I think Holocaust Remembrance Day was yesterday. Wasn’t it?
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By stella on January 28, 2016 at 10:55 am
oh you are right, this thread was dated 1/27, tm sorry i thought it was from today
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By ctdar on January 28, 2016 at 10:58 am
June of last year I found out my Uncle was in one of the troops that helped with one of the camps.
According to the cousin who told me, he had nightmares for many months after returning. She was only 4 or 5 when he returned and had moved in with them until he got resettled. She could not figure out why she kept hearing him scream in the middle of the night. Her mother told her many years later when she was an adult.
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By kinthenorthwest on January 31, 2016 at 1:11 am