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A Holocaust survivor’s surprising and thought-provoking study of
Never Forget!
As noted in an earlier discussion, an alternate name Shoah has been proposed as a more appropriate word than the word Holocaust. "Holocaust" is a word used in the Hebrew Bible to refer to burnt offerings made to God. It is a sacred act. In some contexts it is an act that is favorable to God.
Holocaust | a burnt offering (as to God) |
Shoah | a calamity |
Major groups of people affected by Shoah the groups are not mutually exclusive.
After the war, Nazi perpetrators faced punishment for their war crimes and survivors began rebuilding their lives.
See Survivors for a collection of vivid accounts and perspectives of survivors of "Shoah"
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has a large quantity of resources to explore online. Some of you may have visited it. US Holocaust Memorial Museum
First attempt to annihilate a Jewish state | 722 BCE |
Second attempt (successful) to annihilate Jewish state | 586 BCE |
Third annihilation of a Jewish State | 70 CE |
Judaism made illegal in Roman Empire | 119 CE |
Crushing of Jewish Revolt | 135 CE |
1st known Christian claim that it was Jews who killed the Son of God | 167 CE |
sporadic, often systematic, persecution & murder of Jews by Christians | 325 CE- ? |
periodic expelling of Jews from Europe | cont. ? |
1st Crusade | 1096 CE |
Jews expelled from Muslim Spain | 1147 CE |
Jewish books burned | cont. ? |
Jews expelled from France | 1322 CE |
Jews are blamed for the Black Death | 1349 CE |
Pogroms & local expelling of Jews | cont. ? |
Luther produces a plan to get rid of Jews | 1543 CE |
Henry Ford produced pamphlet "Jewish Menace" | 1920 CE |
the Shoah | 1939-1945 |
"Antisemitism and all other forms of racism present a danger not only to Jews but also to the community of nations. These days the 'new antisemitism' is directed simultaneously against Jews, against Israel and against Zionism. By equating these terms the danger for Jews as a whole is exacerbated. This phenomenon is also common in propaganda emanating from the Arab world. The Holocaust showed the world the extent of the destructive power of antisemitism and racism. Holocaust denial, as well as minimization and banalization of the Holocaust provide a means of avoiding the evident conclusions and learning the lessons for the future. We, the survivors, call upon the world to wipe out these phenomena and to combat them relentlessly." – statement by survivors of Shoah
Created by Dale Hathaway.