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From: gsmith@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (Gene Ward Smith)
Newsgroups: net.religion.christian,net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Historical Persecution of Jews
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Date: Sat, 15-Mar-86 20:01:51 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar 15 20:01:51 1986
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In article <852@leadsv.UUCP> morse@leadsv.UUCP (Terry Morse) writes:

>What I'm trying to assert is that Jews have not been persecuted historically
>for their religion per se, but because of their social customs that are
>a result of their religious beliefs.  It was easy to learn to hate those
>"funny people" in the community that kept to themselves all the time.
>
>I've come to this conclusion by speaking to a Jewish friend and reading some
>Russian and German history.  Does anyone have any comments either way?  I
>welcome other opinions.

    The Gypsies also maintained (and still maintain) a separate cultural
identity. They were a part of the Holocaust -- in fact, a much larger part
than most people are aware of. I think this shows your theory must have
some validity.

ucbvax!brahms!gsmith    Gene Ward Smith/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720
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