Holocaust

A holocaust is an enormous devastation or mass slaughter. Most commonly, as "the Holocaust," the term is used to refer to the extermination of six million Jews during World War Two by Adolf Hitler and his Nazi party in Germany.

The terminology of the Holocaust has been a matter of debate over the decades. Though it was clearly an act of mass murder, it is even more appropriately classified as an act of genocide, as the intention was the total eradication of Jews. Surprisingly, there are many Holocaust deniers - fringe conspiracy theorists who believe the history of the Holocaust was fabricated or exaggerated.

Some have argued that anti-Jewish sentiments throughout Germany led to a willingness or complacency among Germans regarding the millions of deaths in concentration camps that were occurring in Europe during the period. Objectors to this argument suggest that it stigmatizes all Germans as Nazi sympathizers, which, they argue, is false.

 

Application of the term "holocaust" to events other than the Nazi Holocaust remains extremely controversial and a sensitive subject, especially among Holocaust survivors.

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• Michele Bachmann: Holocaust images displayed at Tea Party wholly inappropriate

  
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  You know youre crazy when the nations zaniest member of Congress is embarrassed by your presence.
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• Re: JH is dead lol...

  
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• Iconic Images of Human Rights Violations (31): Kristallnacht

  
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  ( source ; Kristallnacht, a beautiful name for one of the ugliest pogroms in history; read the full story here ) More images of the Kristallnacht are here . More iconic images of human rights violations are here . Posted in discrimination and hate, iconic images of human rights violations Tagged: ...
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• Rep. Israel Won’t Accept Bachmann’s Statement

  
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  Rep. Steve Israel is demanding that Michele Bachmann apologize because one sign at last Thursday’s health care rally had images of the Holocaust: Rep. Steve Israel is still waiting for an apology four days after people protesting health care reform legislation used Holocaust imagery at a rally organized by Rep. ...
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• Kristallnacht – Part Two

  
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  Continuing our interview with Renate Benedict about her family’s experiences in Nazi Germany at the start of the Holocaust. Yesterday , when we left the story the Brownshirts had come in the early morning, destroyed the contents of the family home and taken Renate’s father – Walter – away.  Her Mother was ...
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• Minnesota Divorces Itself from Michele Bachmann

  
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  Waiting for Rep. Michele Bachmann to apologize for condoning Holocaust imagery at her latest public circus last weekend is NY Democrat Steve Israel, below. She won’t apologize. She’s addicted to fame and notoriety and she will condone whatever it takes to keep herself in the limelight, no matter how vile. ...
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• DVD Review–Sophie Scholl: Final Days

  
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  DVDThanks to Netflix streaming I discovered this little gem. It is out on DVD and a book about this woman’s true story got the attention of the world.I’ve watched it now about 3 times. It is sad and the music is sad. The young woman does not believe that God will abadon her. Her parents [...]
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• Lost images of prewar Jewish life unearthed

  
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  Hanukkah dinner in Odessa bathers in the Baltic Sea a tailor in front of his shop in Serbia just some of the 25000 images of prewar Jewish life garnered from the private collections of survivors for a new exhibition.
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• Kristallnacht – Part One

  
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  To mark Armistice Day, Vulpes Libris asked Renate Benedict – mother of regular reviewer Jay and a popular guest in her own right – if she would consider sharing a little more of her amazing life history. Although she hopes, one day, to write the story herself, she agreed to tell us a little of it, and today we ...
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• Remember the Holocaust too, memorial gathering told

  
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  The message of the Holocaust must not get lost in commemorations of Remembrance Day, the son of Holocaust survivors said last night at a commemoration of Kristallnacht.
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• Fort Hood & The Holocaust: How Scare Tactics Incite Violence

  
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  This Torah was rescued from a burning synagogue during the oppression of the Jews in Nazi Germany. Yesterday was a sick day for me–a day of rest, a self-instituted sabbath of sorts. Coincidentally, it was also my birthday, which I share with famed astronomer and guide of the Cosmos Carl Sagan. It was also the ...
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• Should parents be licensed to have children?

  
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  Raising a child is probably the most important thing a person will ever do in life. Yet we constantly hear stories of child abuse and neglect. The creators of Survey Magnet recently put this question to me: Should you need a license to parent? After all, many less important activities require a license, such as ...
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• Movie Review | Four Seasons Lodge: In the Catskills, Holocaust Survivors Forge a Bond

  
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  Hymie and Tosha Abramowitz in “Four Seasons Lodge,” directed by Andrew Jacobs.
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• gobbler holocaust

  
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• Living is the Best Revenge: A Review of Four Seasons Lodge

  
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  Four Seasons Lodge Directed by Andrew Jacobs First Run Features, 2008 If living well is the best revenge, the residents of the Four Seasons Lodge, a bungalow colony in New York’s Catskill Mountains, have exacted a hefty vengeance. Created by Jewish Holocaust survivors, the summer resort allows those bonded ...
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• logic of anti-: health-care reform = genocide

  
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  A banner being displayed at today’s Republican rally against health-care reform. The sign reads “National Socialist Health Care: Dachau, Germany – 1945" and the image is a photograph apparently of piles of dead bodies at Dachau or one of Nazi camps.
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• British bishop to go on trial in Germany over racial hatred

  
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  Richard Williamson a British bishop who denied the Holocaust took place has been summoned to appear in a German court for inciting racial hatred.
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• AshkeNazi Threatens Gaza With Another "Little Holocaust"

  
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  BY Khalid Amayreh * | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz War Criminal - Gabi Ashkenazi - Israeli Chief of Staff There seems to be a perfect conformity between Gabi Ashkenazi and his last name. The Israeli chief of staff is considered one of the main Israeli war criminals responsible for the virtual genocide ...
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• AshkeNazi threatens Gaza with another “little holocaust”

  
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  WRITTEN BY KHALID AMAYREH There seems to be a perfect conformity between Gabi Ashkenazi and his last name. The Israeli chief of staff is considered one of the main Israeli  war criminals responsible for the virtual genocide against the Gaza Strip during the past winter. On his murderous hands, he carries tons of ...
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