Post 9pBdkOCfaq5RnIRL5E by larissaf@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #9pBdjZ8JTHIZP10diC by larissaf@mastodon.social
       2019-11-21T12:25:27Z
       
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       THREADOn a visit to the Holocaust Museum Yad Vashem, I jotted down points that seemed very relevant in today's polarised & toxic society.Substitute Jews with Muslims/Christians. What is in "quotes" is copied verbatim.1/The Nazis "found in anti-Semitism a comprehensive &  simplistic explanation for their situation & fears".They implemented "a political programme that enlisted the resources  of the German NATION to provide an immediate solution to the 'Jewish problem'."
       
 (DIR) Post #9pBdkI6QH9WasBTGVs by larissaf@mastodon.social
       2019-11-21T12:26:22Z
       
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       2/"The planners &  executers of the Final Solution operated with a sense of historic mission to create a new world order based on Nazi principles. Their motivation for participating voluntarily in the extermination of the Jews was IDEOLOGICAL."Because it was IDEOLOGICAL, the hatred was spewed not just by the masses swayed by Hitler's ideology.A number of Nazis were intellectuals who "had attended university, and some held doctorates in subjects such as Law, Political Science,  Philosophy"
       
 (DIR) Post #9pBdkOCfaq5RnIRL5E by larissaf@mastodon.social
       2019-11-21T12:27:52Z
       
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       3/The strategy....1) "Establish Jews as a distinct & destructive race to be separated from German society"2) Ensure a "nationalist movement to reinforce the isolated status of the Jew as the other"3) "Establish a legal foundation for the principle of racial separation"Goal: "Implementation of anti-Jewish policies"How the Nazis did it:
       
 (DIR) Post #9pBdkf92baHkKxsBHs by larissaf@mastodon.social
       2019-11-21T12:28:36Z
       
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       4/"Apply anti-Jewish policy gradually taking into account attitude of the local population""Racist legislation & a policy of aryanization & discrimination"Eventually, "Ghettos for extermination".What hurt Jews was "icy arctic indifference""Their fate was decided by German polity & the stance of majority of sty who reacted with APATHY""The atmosphere of fear the Nazis imposed, led many to deny obvious crimes against Jews who had lived in their midst for centuries"
       
 (DIR) Post #9pBdkzduOWrNuUT7B2 by larissaf@mastodon.social
       2019-11-21T12:29:23Z
       
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       5/ - THE LAST IN THIS THREAD"A country is not just what it does, it is also what it tolerates. - Kurt Tucholsky"The Nazi regime had zero tolerance. It "persecuted & victimised members of various groups that it considered ENEMIES of the Reich.""The concentration camp's law is that those going to their death should be deceived until the very end.- Tadeusz Borowski"
       
 (DIR) Post #9pBdzcwN5DYHqP5ANU by ranjona@mstdn.social
       2019-11-21T12:39:31Z
       
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       @larissaf excellent thread. More people need to accept the similarities and come clean on where they fall.
       
 (DIR) Post #9pBgN0ZHbOith0Yl3w by larissaf@mastodon.social
       2019-11-21T13:04:25Z
       
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       @ranjona Thanks so much Ranjona. :) Coming from you, I'm thrilled. When we left the museum, an American said to me "The Jews are doing the same to the Palestinians, what was done to them. What a shame."And someone with me said, "Modi is doing the same in India what the Nazis did in Germany."Very worrying.
       
 (DIR) Post #9pBgQAZkqnYnbEHu0e by ranjona@mstdn.social
       2019-11-21T13:06:46Z
       
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       @larissaf To think we can be so stupid... my heart aches.