6 million memories

[mtread]

How the German soldiers who ran the camps could stand there looking the poor souls in the eye

Indoctrination, extreme nationalism, race supremacy, fear of others

[Kenbob]

Fear for their own lives and that of their families also.

[mtread]

Yet we didn't learn the lessons :
Biafra
Bosnia
Myanmar
and so it goes on

[slappy]

How the German soldiers who ran the camps could stand there looking the poor souls in the eye

Indoctrination, extreme nationalism, race supremacy, fear of others

mtread , the OP said he did not want to start any political rants so please don't.  This thread is not an appropriate place.

[mtread]

I'm answering the question. Not making a political point at all. It's simply fact,  if you've ever read German history between the wars. How you can turn a population against one race. The majority of the German population thought the Jews were sub human. That's how it was done.

[slappy]

I know very well why, how and  who it was done by, I  don't need you to remind me. Keep the your political point scoring for the other threads, not this one.

[mtread]

Pathetic. I won't even bother to reply......

[steve 10562cc]

Well that will be refreshing,  this thread is not for your political point scoring it's to remember and show respect to all those that died

[mtread]

Look, if you've ever been to Auschwitz or the Schindler Museum or seen the empty square in the [color=rgb(60, 64, 67)]Kazimierz quarter, you'd know that the memorials are not just about shedding tears for the victims. They are there to show what led up to the atrocities. How and why they happened. They are about Kristalnacht, the ghetto, the Germans and Poles turning in their Jewish neighbours.[/color]
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[color=rgb(60, 64, 67)]It's not politics, it's about inhumanity and trying to ensure it doesn't happen again. [/color]
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It looks like both of you could start an argument with yourselves in a locked room. So don't lecture me, just go back to the playground.

[steve 10562cc]

If you had read my original post you would perhaps realise  why I feel so strongly about this I knew one person who was one of the first troops into Belson, and a polish guy I worked with for several years who escaped from a Russian camp which were no better than the German ones.

[mtread]

I did, and I fully understand why you feel so strongly.


But the points I were making were not political, far from it

[coffee]

'kin hell ,we can't even have a chat about a terrible episode amongst ourselves without starting to get nasty,what about if it was only from something as simple as that that started all the fucking problems in the first place,chill out lads.

[mtread]

Indeed. It just seems that some like arguing  :rolleyes

[dazza]

If you had any genuine respect or humility or a desire not to start an argument  mtread you would have just kept quiet and left it alone ages ago instead of trying to continually  have the last word.
It's not always just about you you know and your desire to portray yourself as some sort of self righteous defender  of  what you deem to be the truth.
It would appear that no human tragedy is off limits to you two for you to attempt what was accurately described as political point scoring.
Just leave it man, have some respect.

[VNA]

It's not always just about you you know and your desire to portray yourself as some sort of self righteous defender  of  what you deem to be the truth.

So says Dazza who keeps posting facist propaganda on this forum.

[VNA]

Holocuast rememberance day is the 27th of January by the way.

[dazza]

It's not always just about you you know and your desire to portray yourself as some sort of self righteous defender  of  what you deem to be the truth.

So says Dazza who keeps posting facist propaganda on this forum.

That's a pretty serious accusation to make on a public forum. top
However, you're still an idiot.
Now, have some respect as well and leave this topic for genuine people.

[mtread]

Well what a surprise. Dazza scours the forums, finds one he hasn't contributed to, and pops in to try and start another argument, playing the innocent again.


Do us all a favour Dazza, and just shut up.

[dazza]

If you had any genuine respect or humility or a desire not to start an argument  mtread you would have just kept quiet and left it alone ages ago instead of trying to continually  have the last word.
It's not always just about you you know and your desire to portray yourself as some sort of self righteous defender  of  what you deem to be the truth.
It would appear that no human tragedy is off limits to you two for you to attempt what was accurately described as political point scoring.
Just leave it man, have some respect.

No other words needed 

[mtread]

You've taken my advice then  :lol