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Originally Posted by Heibges
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Originally Posted by robbo180265
"Yitzhak Arad, a Holocaust scholar and a former director of the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum, said his research indicated some 28,000 Jews were gathered in the area from surrounding towns. He said 10,000 of those died at a rate of around 500 people a day".
That paragraph made me go cold.
Who cares who the more evil is, lets just pray that it never happens again.
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I would strongly suggest Raul Hilberg's "The Destruction of the European Jews".
http://yalepress.yale.edu/YupBooks/b...sbn=0300095570
There are some chilling parts regarding design notes from German Engineers working on Gas Vans etc on how to make them more efficient. I remember one said to put a light in the back, because humans will instinctively move towards the light, and you can pack more in. |
In all honesty I don't think I could read it. When I read about Man's inhumanity to itself, it makes me feel ashamed to be human. It's not that I don't want to, but I know that it wouldn't be a good idea - I hope I make sense.