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Holocaust
The genocide of approximately 6 million European Jews during World War II planned by Adolf Hitler.
11,094 Questions
How did Isadore Frenkiel and his family die?
In May 1942 Gabin's Jews were deported to the Chelmno extermination camp. Sossia, Isadore and four of their sons were killed..
Do Jewish children have Sunday school?
Yes, mainly in the US, and they have classes once or twice during the week to prepare for B'nai Mitzvah.
Has the UK removed the Holocaust from its school curriculum?
The claim is that teaching about the Holocaust has been removed from the United Kingdom (UK) school curriculum because their inclusion may offend Muslim citizens. However, this claim is unfounded. The UK government has not banned the teaching of the Holocaust in schools, nor is it planning to do so.
In fact, according to the BBC, "in England, teaching children about the Holocaust is compulsory". While other UK countries such as Scotland and Wales have their own school curriculum and Holocaust teaching is not compulsory, it is certainly not banned and is generally encouraged.
The false information in the message probably arose out of confusion generated by a Historical Association report commissioned by the English Department for Education and Skills. The report states, in part:
"Staff may wish to avoid causing offence or appearing insensitive to individuals or groups in their classes.
"In particular settings, teachers of history are unwilling to challenge highly contentious or charged versions of history in which pupils are steeped at home, in their community or in a place of worship."
It cites the case of one school that did not select the Holocaust as a topic:
For example, a history department in a northern city recently avoided selecting the Holocaust as a topic for GCSE coursework for fear of confronting anti-Semitic sentiment and Holocaust denial among some Muslim pupils.Although it does discuss teaching of the Holocaust, the report also references a number of other emotionally charged historical events including the Crusades, slavery and the Arab-Israeli conflict. Thus, the report is certainly not focused just on the Holocaust, nor does it claim in any way that all UK schools have dropped the teaching of controversial historical topics.
Unfortunately, some news items and online commentaries have overstated the significance of the "northern city" example used in the report. In the same paragraph as this example, the report also states, "In another history department, the Holocaust was taught despite anti-Semitic sentiment among some pupils". However, some news articles have apparently chosen to focus primarily on the first example, thereby affording it more importance than it deserves. They have also implied via emotive headlines and news copy that avoiding the Holocaust is a widespread practise in UK schools. This is simply not the case, and such misleading reports have added to the burgeoning anger and confusion surrounding the issue.
Thus, the core claim in, repeated in a widespread email chain letter, is false. The UK Government has not forced schools to drop Holocaust topics. Certainly, we should ensure that our children are taught about the vast human tragedy of the Holocaust and the Second World War. Any attempts by schools or governments to water down or remove historically sensitive topics due to political correctness should be strongly opposed. And we ourselves should never forget. However, forwarding this highly inaccurate and misleading chain email will only serve to sow confusion and misdirected anger. In spite of its claim to be "In Memoriam", the message is not a fitting memorial to victims of the Holocaust or the Second World War.
Additionally, some feel that this chain letter (and others like it) are an insidious means by which companies can collect email addresses 'voluntarily' for future marketing or other purposes.
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http://www.hoax-slayer.com/uk-holocaust-removal.shtml
http://www.boycottwatch.org/misc/UK-Holocaust.htm
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When did the murduring of Jews begin?
The wholesale murder began with the invasion of the Soviet Union in the summer of 1941.
How many civilians did Adolf Hitler kill?
None. Hitler was responsible for killing one person- himself. Now, if you would have asked "How many civilians were killed as a result of Hitler's direct/indirect orders?", that is something different.
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Hitler is often used as a short, convenient way of referring to the Nazi regime, in which case the number runs into many millions.
Victims are usually described as "innocent" because they are seen as not doing anything specific to invite or cause whatever was done to them. In many cases, those responsible for what the victim suffers may not agree that they were "innocent."
What is the title for the person sent by god to rescue the Jewish people from suffering?
There is no such person in Judaism.
What will happen in the next twenty years with Holocaust education?
The current trend in Holocaust education is to speak about the Holocaust in universal terms instead of as a crime against the Jews. Alvin Rosenfeld wrote a book called The End of the Holocaust, which claims that the Holocaust has been universalized into a set of vague abstractions about human brutality, and even occasionally used against the Jews themselves. If this trend continues, Holocaust education will focus on themes of hope and redemption instead of the brutal genocide that it was.
What is the Christian- Jew enimity?
The enmity stems from the belief that there is only one path to God. The Christians hold this belief (no one gets to the Father except through the Son), but the Jews do not hold this belief (the righteous of all nations will have a share in the World to Come).
Because of this belief, Christians have persecuted Jews throughout the last 2000 years.
Today, the persecution is minor compared to how it was in the past, and when it occurs, it is usually only in the form of harassment.
It is important to not that NOT ALL Christians share this belief, and most Christians do not disrespect Jews.
In her search for optimum health and the ability to control how one feels by what one eats, she became a professional cook, lecturer
The Nazis used both established tortures for that time and also created new ones. They experimented with medical torture, for example, which was very new then. The Nazis were probably were the first group to use sexual torture as routine standard practice.
What was Hitler's first plan for the Jews?
not a simple question to answer;
what is clear is that Nazis did not see a place for Jews in their society. They did not plan how to actualise this, hence the many different policies and attempts to find a solution.
What would be the main cause for a man to feel insecure while being in a relationship?
Tons of excess mental baggage from his upbringing. Insecure men are not to be trusted. They usually cheat with really unattractive women too. If he has been hurt in past relationships then he may be afraid of a repeat performance of another heartbreak (read trust issues here). He may have low self esteem and feel he isn't worthy of your love or anyone else's. He may have grown up in a household where the relationship of his parents wasn't that good and he's afraid it will happen to him. Or he may simply have commitment issues and not be able to settle in to a relationship easily.
Why did the French assist Hitler's genocide at the Winter Velodrome?
because they had been responsible for all rounding up of French Jews, this was just one part of it.
What cities did the A mericans bomb to win the Holocaust?
The Americans did not win the Holocaust. No one won the Holocaust.
Adolf Hitler believed that the Jews were a domination to the German or human race. he believed that the Jews were the reason why Germany lost world war1.so he decided to tell lies about the Jews and that's how the Nazi party began and eventually they started killing the Jews and either putting them in death camps or in concentration camps.
I believe the invention of the transistor and the resulting miniaturization of electronics turned into an amazing revolution. Radios became smaller. Computers could become more powerful without overheating problems; communications equipment became much smaller and more efficient -- leading to mobile and then cellular telephones and personal home computers. All of these advances stemmed from replacing the vacuum tube with the transistor.
Where did the word vegetarian come from?
It is of English origin in the 1830's, taking the word 'vegetable' and reforming as 'veget' and 'arian' as a person who will not eat any food derived from animals. The word came into popular use following the formation of the Vegetarian Society of Ramsgate in 1847
Did Hitler pardon any individual Jews and who were they?
Pardon them? For what? They had not been charged with anything ... About 110 half-Jews were 'aryanized'.
What was the journey like for the Jews to the concentration camp?
The trip to the concentration camps for the Jews and the undesirable peoples was abominable. They were put in cattle cars jammed in by the hundreds. They had a pail for the entire car full of people to relieve themselves. They were not given food and drink. The cars stunk badly and were extremely hot. They tried to sit but sometimes that was not possible. There were no windows in many of the rail cars but some had windows with welded iron bars. These windows were small and high up. It took days to get to the concentration camps. They thought they were being taken to labor camps to live and thrive. They were shocked to find out they either had to labor in hard situations or they were exterminated.
Who stopped the killing of Jews?
The Allied Forces who were liberating the Nazi Empire. However, their liberation of the camps was incidental; they did not make any particular missions or attempts to destroy, weaken, or liberate the camps save when the camps were in territory already reclaimed.
Why were the Polish elite sent to Auschwitz?
The Nazis wanted to destroy the Polish leaders and the elite that could provide new leaders to replace those killed.
Why did the position of the Jews worsen in Nazi Germany?
Because the Nazis decided the Jews had no rights and were to be exterminated
How many prisoners were being killed each day at Auschwitz?
There was no daily quota, there were days where no one died and days where 30 000 died.
