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my heart goes out to you, teddypoet,
and all those who suffered. Likely as not, you are related to some of the death camp victims, as well as the survivors, considering the vast numbers put to death and your nation of origin. My people are Cherokee, a proud people who also saw their lives confiscated, their land stolen, their peoples dislocated and relocated, and saw forced internment in a foreign land after a grueling death march. In comparison to the Holocaust, it was a small form of genocide, but taken in context with the millions of other indigenous peoples who died at the whim of manifest destiny (and the millions forced to live on reservations since the end of the Indian Wars), it takes on comparable size over the centuries. Unfortunately, if you combine the pogroms and total destruction of Jewish populations throughout history... well, then, there can never be a comparison drawn. Atrocities need no comparisons. Shalom, my friend.
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saul_relative
on February 3, 2005 at 3:48 PM
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saul,
Excellent piece...I am most touched by accounts of Auschwitz et al, being of German Jew descent myself...I have searched through many online areas of information regarding the death camps and have often found it difficult to get through a session without wondering whether I might have been related to one of the men, women or children of the camp(s)...so many emotions are enflamed...
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teddypoet_TheGoodByeFade
on January 31, 2005 at 10:47 PM
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