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From: reza@ihuxb.UUCP (H. Reza Taheri)
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Subject: Re: resistance in the Holocaust
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Date: Thu, 10-May-84 14:21:27 EDT
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   There is another reason for the apparent lack of resistance among
Jews.  It is a fact that one of the reasons Hitler came to power was
his blaming Jews for many of Germany's problem.  And it is also true
that anti-smitism existed in Germany.  But even to the end there was
no clear admission of crimes (or to the Nazis the heroic acts)
committed in concentration camps.  Remember that this was the time of
war.  Mass media were under complete control of the Nazis.  The only
way that a Jew would know what exactly went on in concentration camps,
was to visit one.  And you know how many Jews visited the camps and
came out alive to talk about it.

   Now, don't get me wrong.  It was obvious that something out of the
ordinary was going on with respect to the "final solution."  Everybody
knew about it.  Relatives who were taken to the labor camps and were
never heard from again would give anybody a hint that something bad
was happening.  But what was happening was so "bad" that it was hard
to believe.  Even German soldiers who served in concentration camps
kept quiet.  There was no need for the Nazi government to order
secrecy.

   Until after the defeat of the Nazi Germany, there was no clear cut
admission by the Nazi officials as to what had happened.  Now, you put
yourself in a Jew's shoes.  On one hand you have the Nazis who openly
and vigorously express hatred for Jews and apparently not only don't
hide anything about their feelings and actions, but also take pride in
it.  The Nazi government says that they are "sending Jews away."  On
the other hand you hear rumors about atrocities that are even too
monstrous for Hitler's Nazis, supposedly carried out in the hands of
your neighbor's son.  Would you have believed it?

H. Reza Taheri
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