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WHAT IS HOLOCAUST DISTORTION?

The cycle of Hate:

Can it happen again?

HOLOCAUST DISTORTION

Holocaust denial, distortion, and misuse all

undermine the understanding of history.

Denial and distortion of the Holocaust almost always

reflect antisemitism.

In cases such as these, we are not learning from our past mistakes; we are justifying them.

HOLOCAUST

DENIAL AND DISTORTION

SHOWCASE THE PROBLEM

A newer trend is the distortion of the facts of the Holocaust. Common distortions include, for example, assertions that: the figure of six million Jewish deaths is an exaggeration; the deaths in the concentration camps were the results of disease or starvation but not policy; and that the diary of Anne Frank is a forgery.

Holocaust denial and distortion highlight the continued problem: prejudice and racism are still alive and well not only in the US, but throughout the world.

Quick Write #2

WE CONTINUALLY REPEAT

HISTORY

Quickwrite #1

Some of the most atrocious crimes in history are simply accepted by others.

On the same paper, reflect on what you've seen & heard.

It's not just

individuals...

In both Night & The Help many people were bystanders who let the actions unfold without doing anything.

- What is the danger of blindly following the orders of others?

- Why do you think some people stand by and do nothing to help others in need?

In our readings-- Jim Crow laws, as horrible as they were, were the lesser of two evils.

- Both ended in death

Genocide is prejudice at its worst

1915: Genocide of the Armenian Christians by the OttomanTurks

1930s: Genocide of Peasants, gov’t & military leaders by Joseph Stalin

1937-38: Genocide of the Chinese in Nanking by the Japanese Imperial Army

1939-1945: Genocide of Jews by the Nazi Party

1976: Genocide of monks, educated, artists, gov’t off’s in Cambodia by Pol Pot

1990s: Genocide of the Croats and Muslims of former Yugoslavia by the Bosnian Serbs

1990- present: Genocide of the Tutsi (minority tribe) of Rwanda by the Hutus

2003-present: Genocide in Darfur (Sudan) of the Sudanese and Janjaweed by the Sudanese rebel groups (and vice versa)

WHY DO PEOPLE DENY, DISTORT, OR MISUSE THE HOLOCAUST?

Can people change?

Like all forms of propaganda, Holocaust denial, distortion, and misuse are strategies to achieve objectives, including:

  • To reduce perceived public sympathy to Jews,
  • To undermine the legitimacy of the State of Israel, which some believe was created as compensation for Jewish suffering during the Holocaust,
  • To plant seeds of doubt about Jews and the Holocaust,
  • To draw attention to particular issues or viewpoints.

“Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it”. - George Santayana

WHAT IS HOLOCAUST DENIAL?

Holocaust denial is an attempt to negate the established facts of the Nazi genocide of European Jewry. Key denial assertions are: that the murder of approximately six million Jews during World War II never occurred; that the Nazis had no official policy or intention to exterminate the Jews; and that the poison gas chambers in Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp never existed.

HOW DO I RECOGNIZE

PREJUDICE AT WORK?

Hate also starts at home...

To evaluate if a claims, consider the following:

  • Is the source reliable? Has the source made other historical claims that were exaggerated or false?
  • Does the source present selected facts to support the claim?
  • Does the source follow accepted methods of historical inquiry?
  • Does the source reveal a particular ideology or belief?
  • What does the source want you to believe after exposure to the information?

WHERE ARE PREJUDICE AND HATRED MOST EASILY SPREAD?

The Internet—because of its ease of access and dissemination, seeming anonymity, and perceived authority—is now the chief conduit of Holocaust denial and prejudice in general.

QUESTION WHAT YOU FIND ONLINE!!!

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