Legalized Jew Hatred

What is happening the ME. Or, rather, yes you can. In the ME, we have the active remnants of the National Socialists-- known as the Ba'ath Party. Also Hamas. Also Hezbollah. Entire societies who want Jews, the entire Jewish people, dead. Gone.
Let refugees return, you say. But do you know that over 800,000 ME Jews were driven out of their communities in 1948? Do you know that, like in Germany, they were stripped of all assets and belongings? Where was the place they could go? The newborn, tiny State of Israel, fighting for its existence, still found time and compassion to absorb these relatives. The arabs did nothing for their displaced relatives. In fact, they made it impossible for these their relatives and fellow muslims to have a meaningful existence.
So, before you call for the right of return and the 'oppression' of the arabs of the territories, ask yourself-- will Jews obtain equal treatment of right of return? Will their assets and homes be restored?
No. Sadly, the arabs of the territories have had the opportunity to have their own state since 1948. Time and again they have demonstrated that any wish for a state of their own comes second to killing Jews.
I won't even go into the status of remnant Jewish communities in the ME. How dozens of Iranian Jews have been 'disappeared' by the Iranian secret police.
You cannot wash away your nation's past by pointing to the present, or attempting to compare the wholesale murder of millions with a nation under attack by the same hatred that produced the Shoah.

We in India are not much aware about real causes and effects of Holocaust. Only a small portion of population knows about the atrocities faced by Jews. This situation previals in other negibhouring countries also. Though, this part of the world comprises substantial population of the world. In order to enure non-reoccurence of such henious crime against humanity it is imperative to make each person on this planet knowledgable about the holocaust. I would request your society to embark upon a program, through Government agencies, to make certain that in school text books chapters are included giving vivid details of the holocaust. A united world opinion against hatered is must. Holocaust is indeed a blot on European conscience which can not be done away. Only perpetrator of evil is not guilty, person who does not stop it is also culpable, since his silence encourages doer to carry out crime with more intensity.

being a american jew, my heart hurts when this hate is here today, even in our country, but I believe G-d will be with us through it all, we have a great G-d, he does not sleep or slumbers, he see all, we must get even closier than we ever been before, we our the light to the world, don't hide it.

you need more information about what life was like as a Jew in 1930's Germany.

Your website is very interesting and I'm glad it gives people the opportunity to comment. I've read a LOT about the holocaust and the conditions in which it occurred; I never cease to be appalled that it happened at all to all those innocent people. I am of german descent and the holocaust occurred during my lifetime. It's clear to me that the holocaust wasn't just the product of one madman -- there were thousands of others just like him that were complicit in these horrors. I'm also ashamed that the "average" German turned a blind eye to what was happening, because it was certainly there for all to see. The economic desperation of the country after WWI was no excuse to turn on its own people. I also find it interesting that "lebensraum" was one of the primary motivating factors behind Hitler's aggression. The U.S.A. did the same thing to the Native Americans in the 1800's, i.e. committed aggression, genocide, consistently broke good-faith treaties, stole land, etc. It can be argued that it was all for a good cause, because if it hadn't happened, America wouldn't be what it is today. That's true, but it doesn't make it right. We, along with the Germans, are all collectively guilty.

Once I saw a photograph of a young, Jewish girl, perhaps only in her early teens, being ticketed by a policeman for riding her bike. I showed the picture to a Rabbi friend of mine and inquired: "What do you see here?". He explained the conditions which brought about the dilemna. I replied: "Rabbi, I see more of the Holocaust in this picture than the creamatoria or the gas chambers. This is not some local law emanating from the city fathers. This is a national law come down from the Reich. This is the whole German nation looking at this scene and saying to that child that she cannot ride her bike because she is a Jew! If any nation can say that and do that to a child, then it can also remove the rights of any for any reason. Yes, the Jew cannot sit on public benches or use the same facilities as the Germans. This all leads to the removal of economic rights. Once achieved, the Jew has no recourse. The Rabbi said that I saw more in that picture than most who see only the bike and the girl and the consequence of her riding that bike.

for the last decade i've been searching for these kind of informations, your site is so wonderful, as i always interested to learn more about the real cause of holocaust.

It really puts things in perspective, though. Six MILLION people died because of one man. I like this site a lot.

Hello, ive written a comment here before, im a school student and am doing a project on the holocaust, i think this site is fantastic, it enlightens people to the horrors that took place to Jews and not to mention Poles, Gypsies and many others. Thank you very, very much!!!!

My parents got into Canada in 1939 just becuase my Dad was a cloth manufacturer and had money. He made army cloth during the war. When my Mom went to Ottawa to get the rest of the family over she was denied. Of course, they perished. When asked of the Canadian Minister, how many Jews should we allow into Canada, his response was "None is too Many" There is a book by that name, which my Mom gave important papers. Thanks for your story, "Never Again" is happening again right now.

I think that this tells us a great more about Marion Blumenthal. This articaL(s) can help us relive what had happened so I pay my contributation to Marion Blumenthal aand her father who had passed on a while after they got off of the DEATH trian, I also thank Marion for talking to us (all of us as poeple) about the Holocost and giving us a picture in uor minds of how she had to live while she was in the consentration camp.

Thank you for the this websites contributions to the memories of the Holocaust. The perpetrators, victims, bystanders, and rescuers must never be forgotten. To my friend Marion Blumenthal Lazan, her family, and especially her father Walter Blumenthal who died shortly after liberation from the death train, I renew my commitment to educate my students, colleagues, and community about the atrocities associated with the Holocaust. I will be using this website as a research source my masters project and doctoral research.

i realy learned a lot about this horable event.it tought me that you should not look at a group of people by there relgien.for instenses say someone says all people that are mexcian are bad.i think that is just wrong!aminazing how it taks a child to relize that?

I am a doctor of medicine, and each time I go to a Medical reunion, someone of my colleagues, mentions that a I am a jew or Hebrew within the group. That kind of signaling, is a form of warning to the other doctors, to be careful in the presence of a jew considered a foreigner. That puts indirectly, limitations to my participation. This has happened in other areas too. Like for giving you a job, in the government or in the private sector, scholarships, treatment in schools and universities etc. I haven't seen yet, other kinds of extreme segregation.

I really had no idea it was really like this, but it makes so much sense when i think about it. Great site.

How about looking into the "history" of Christianity without using the Bible. In a recent class I am taking, "Confronting the Holocaust", I have realized that people only need to look in our own history and the truth will be revealed. It's quite frightening. How about the reality is that the foundation originated on the fact to undermind the Jews and that it continued even in the 1930's and on? Have you seen the posters? It will blow you away. It did me. People need to know the truth. Look at how Christianity was promoted. The hate has to stop.

IS CHRISTIAN AND ANIT-SEMITISM SYNONOMUS?


My foundation has cracked allowing information to seep in like water, eroding away what once was real, indestructible (my Christian belief). The actuality of events that took place in history between the Roman, Jew and Christian people has provided this fracture revealing the destructible path that was concealed from me (and I am sure I am not the only one). The reality is that the Christian's hated the Jewish people for killing "Jesus", the "Messiah" and that ever since then, the Christian has planted the seed of hate into the hearts of many. The Christian outwardly, physically and blatantly participated in the act of hating (a teaching of which is implied to not take place in the heart of a Christian). In addition, this reality went beyond the Christian forum to include others outside of the Christian religion by way of promotion and continual attitude to hate the Jew (a major part and/or contributor to the Holocaust).
Unfortunately the very event, (crucifixion of Jesus)once again re-enacted in The Passion, directed by Mel Gibson, to reinforce the Christian faith, can and does also re-enforce a past status or class for reasoning to persuade ones psyche to hate (the Jew) and participate in anti-Semitism and violence against the Jew. Some without a doubt continue this ritual of hate, advertently or inadvertently. I can no longer, without reservations participate with a religion that actively hated in order to promote a belief and further influenced the participation of such atrocities towards another human being. The very first Christians were not and are not what they perceived to have been, their actions absolve any and all moral or ethical credibility for me. Now that my foundation is exposed to the actual fundamental historical beginning of Christianity, it releases a gambit of emotions, doubts and future uncertainty. The contradictory actions taken by the Christian's of any ethical and moral teachings alone reveal the lie, and the lies continue.
Being brought up on an understanding to believe something miraculous that requires faith and hope without question, only now to face the reality of events, and the under lament of its structure (anti-Semitism and hatred for Jews), which is historically substantiated, I feel exploited.
I too feel that The Passion, will only continue to mislead, misrepresent, and deceive those who are as believing as I was. Do I see this as a continuation of anti-Semitism? What else can it be?

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i liked ur website it helped me a lot with my holocaust project.

Writing from Germany, the place where the Nazis began the plan to humiliate and kill the Jewish people, I can hardly believe what happened. I asked older relatives about the Hitler time of Germany and went to see the sites where the slaughters happened. It is unbelievable but historical fact that about 6 million European Jewish people had to die for this insane ideas of a few top leaders of the Nazi government. How could it happen without the outcry of the rest of the population? Many looked away, bowed their heads to a powerful and intriguing government. Only few like Oskar Schindler managed to support and protect Jewish people successfully. In the Wannseekonferenz, a meeting in January 1942, 15 top leaders of SS and Nazi government planned the "final solution" to kill the remaining 11 million Jews of Europe. Before that date it was possible for about half a million to escape by immigration to other countries. But from late 1941, this was becomng impossible.

After the Holocaust, a defeated and humbled German population tried to recompensate their guilt for the heinous crimes which happened to the Jewish people by payments. But the murdering could not be undone.



Until this day, there has been much education on what happened. But to be frank, payments and favourable contracts cannot be the only way to ask for forgiveness. The grieve for what happened one or two generations ago must be expressed by personal and national penance and repentance.

As a German who did not witness what happened because being born well after WWII, there is grief and deep sorrow towards this darkest chapter of European history. It is may personal aim to help what I can help to come to restoring the terribly broken relationship between Jewish and German people. What happened was terrible.



But what happens today? Daily murders on the streets of Jerusalem and all over Israel - even in far away countries Jewish people are shot, humiliated and hated. The media of Arab countries reminds of the Nazi propaganda. And here in Europe, the picture what happens in Israel is distorted and twisted in favour of the Arabs and Arafat. Many people turn their eyes away from what happens - like sixty years ago.

There must be a change - the Holocaust shall not be repeated. It is my hope that real peace will be established between members of the Jewish people and of other nations. I am aware that there are only a few who actively pursue this peace, but they should be encouraged as their number grows.

First, as an Indian-American, I appreciate the incredible contributions to American society made by Jewish Americans. However, are we doing enough as a society to counter the forces of anti-semitism, intolerance, and racism? I don't have a right to judge or criticize. However, I wanted to emphasize that it seems (at least in my humble opinion) that hatred, intolerance, and bigotry are on the rise. And, that this website should inform people of what is heppening RIGHT NOW in America and in the world. If we are not proactive and focused, history will repeat itself. B/C I am not Jewish, people feel more free to make anti-semetic comments in my presence, etc. I've noticed that people feel more free to express their bigotry and hatred. It's as if they believe that society has now given them permission to openly hate.... We must all ask ourselves, have we done enough to combat the dark forces that lurk in society? I hope we haven't forgotten our duty to all who have died and suffered; in Nazi Germany, in the South at the hands of the KKK, etc. I hope that I can look in the mirror and say that I did whatever I could to prevent history from repeating itself. Thank you for this website; it truly makes a difference.

We are in reading the DIary of Anne Frank In my language arts class, but for me to truly understand it I decided to do some research on the holocaust. I think it was an awful and inhumane way to treat people. And that if we forget we are only killing them again..

I'm an American and I've lived in Germany for over 10 years now. Oddly enough I feel that Germany is a much safer and socially tolerant place than America ever was for me. People need to differentiate between GERMANS and NAZIS...they are not the same. The Nazis were and aberration of human nature. Due to the meticulous and diligent nature of the German people, Hitler was able to advance his own insane agenda. GERMANY is a completely different place today and the people are as socially acceptive as any you will encounter in Europe. Please try and separate the two groups to avoid burdening perfectly innocent new generation of Germans with a guilt they do not deserve to bear. Reminders of the holocaust are broadcast on German TV EVERY day, don't worry, they won't forget and they won't tolerate it either.

This website was extremely helpful for my english project on the Holocaust. I'm 14 and to find some of the horrible things that the Jews were forced to do make me really angry. But it shows why we must allow something like this to never happen again. Thanks again. And really, cool website!

I had to a project in my 8th grade history class. This was really helpful even though I am concentrating on the survivors of the Holocaust. My grandmother is Jewish and lived in the US when the Holocaust was going on. Her father never let her expose to anyone of her backround, he wasn't Jewish. When I went on break I took my project with me so I could finish it. I went to my grandmothers house she actually talked about it which was great. I thought I should put that in just to explain I guess why I feel so strong about what happened and to say our country was raciest to when they didn't come and fight againist it until we were bombed by Japan.

I loved reading this website, it helped me a lot for my project on the Holocaust. I'm 13 years old and although I may not have much life experience yet, I am old enought to know that what happened to the Jews very wrong!

I really enjoyed this website, it has such comprehensive appeal, aswell it had answered most of my questions, I am in gr 12 doing a project on the halocaust, it was great!

im a second year college student majoring in cultural anthroplogy. my emphases is going to be on the jewish genocide. im glad the internet has such a conprehesive web site to explain to the world the horror these people went through. hopefully it will teach tolerance.

Iam an 7th grader studen t and this articles are amazing. thank you I really need this information and it amazes me that hitler did such a thing . thank you

I am an 8th grade language arts teacher in Maryland. One of the readings we do is the Diary of Anne Frank. Before we begin to read the diary we try to give the students a background on the treatment of the Jews in Germany during WWII. I just discovered this web site and will have the students visit it as part of a lesson. You have done a wonderful job with this site. You present the information in a way I never could. Thank you for providing this as a place where my students can learn.

when i read this my heart breaks for all whom had and have lost.

I had some knowledge of this, but not so much detail. HOW could anyone be treated like that is amazing, and how they let it carry on for so long. It is no wonder we have evil people today, they learned from the past. You would think people today would learn something from this. (i just wish we could stop nastyness everywhere even with children. IT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN

I cannot believe that people could be so brainwashed! it's an outrage! I hope that everyone can be educated about this horrible event so that history does not repeat itself.

i think we should take away form these stories that we can never let this happen AGAIN! and we can make sure it never does by not hating others because that is the only way we can stop it (survivor's grandchild)

I was truly amazed at the information that is displayed. I learned things that I was never taught before in school. How could those Germans live from day to day knowing that they just murdered thousands of innocent people.

I never that the Jewish were treated so horribly until we began to learn about it in school. Now I know what they went through. I now wish others will get educated and learn from the Germans mistakes so that this will never happen again to ethnic group.

I'm 13 years old. Although I'm young I realised today that children need to learn about that Holocaust and how Jewish people suffered.We can learn from this and strongly hope that no group of people have to suffer like they did ever again.

I cannot fathom the hate of all this. I am not Jewish but it makes me weep to see this kind of hate and ignorance. I cannot believe, although i know it is true, that these things could happen in a civilized society. I don't believe that the Arab world will sway us towards anti-semitism. Their anger and hate repells us and no intelligent god fearing people would allow another holocaust. God help us.

Never again! for any race, creed, or religion . My heart just aches from the pictures , the stories, the many voices silented for generations, but somewhere in my soul.....i can hear some of what they say.........and my words cannot adequately express.....i only feel a part of what they, who were needlessly silenced , try to say......never again dear L-rd please never .....

I'm really happy that you this sight recognizing what happened during the Holocaust. It has also helped me on my Government project. Thank you for letting people know how it all started and what happened.

this article was a great source of information about the holocaust and the way hilter lead the Nazis,
Thank you

Thanx so much...this helped alot with a school project! THe site gave a realistic view of the holocaust!

I've been doing a lot of reserch on the holocaust for school. And I came to realize what a truly horrible thing these peolpe have lived through. It haunts there everyday lives, it never goes away. It's sad to think that someone could inflict so much hate and so much evil upon people just because of what they believe. It makes you wonder, what is this world comming to. My sympthy goes out to all those who suffer because of this tragety.

This was a great article. It gave me a lot of information.

Thanks so much for putting this website together. Now people will never forget what the Holocaust was all about.

i think this site is really good for people who dont know alot about the Holocaust.also like people who are doing projects