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:D Thanks. Didn't want to mess up the feng shui of the forum, lol.
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The Holocaust was truely vile, but the Turks comitted equal atrocities earlier in the Century when the wiped out the whole of the Armenian Nation-but this is rarely discussed. The psychology surrounding the acts of the Russians, Germans and Japanese (and the Allies-we were not so lilly white either!), is fascinating, if sad. I defy anyone to visit the Jewish Ghetto in Prague without reverting to tears and being overcome with humility and emotion. I cannot imagine what it would be like to visit any of the three death camps. Ok rant over, dignity in tact! And I know this thread is wrong-but its also interesting:p
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I never said Hitler was "cleaver", or clever as most would put it.;) And are you saying Hitler wasn't in charge?
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Hitler was in charge at the end, but his rise to power was very cleaverly crafted bu others. It was the skill of others combined with his charisma that allowed him to become as powerful as he did. I know he had a personal hatred of the Jews and a Love of Neitze's (bad spelling, I know!) philosophy, but those alone would not have been enough to enable him to become the powerful person he was. It is well doccumented that he never actually used the words 'Final Solution', nor did he ever put his name or signature to any document related to it. xxx
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Agreed. I wasn't arguing with you either:) A terrible time in history for sure, but fascinating as well.
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I do love the psychology of it all though and althugh it was the first WW and its precursors I studied, i found WWII interesting too; that is until my 13yr old asked me the other day whether I remember it personally!:o I have also nursed survivors of the Death Camps, Bomber Pilots and Deasert Rats and their stories touch my hearts-although they are all gone now. Listening to their stories brought everything to life for me and seeing the emotions that it still created was at times heart wrenching.
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About 4 or 5 years ago I went to Krakow in Poland and went on a tour to Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps. Strangest and quietest place Ive ever been to.
You can still clearly see walls with bullets holes (in Auschwitz) where they use to line people up for mass executions and the area around the (destroyed) gas chambers in Birkenau you can see shards of human bone in the earth. Unpleasant place.
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