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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.
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.
On the same paper, reflect on what you've seen & heard.
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
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)
Like all forms of propaganda, Holocaust denial, distortion, and misuse are strategies to achieve objectives, including:
“Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it”. - George Santayana
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.
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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!!!