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What are the lessons of the Holocaust (The Shoah ) that we can apply to our lives today ?

What are the lessons of the Holocaust (The Shoah ) that we can apply to our lives today ?. Do you feel that people should be punished for their actions committed during times of war? .

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What are the lessons of the Holocaust (The Shoah ) that we can apply to our lives today ?

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  1. What are the lessons of the Holocaust (The Shoah) that we can apply to our lives today?

  2. Do you feel that people should be punished for their actions committed during times of war?

  3. Simon Wisenthal- survived 12 Nazi concentration, slave labour and death camps = 89 family members were murdered in the HolocaustOver 60 yrs his organization brought to justice over 1 100 Nazi War Criminals “The murdered 6 million Jews were six million witnesses, therefore our work was difficult.”

  4. EfraimZuroff

  5. Nazi Germany – Lies and Omissions • 1. War crimes were committed by the SS only and not the regular German Army. • 2. Most civilians and military were unaware of the Holocaust and other Nazi atrocities.

  6. John Demjanjuk “Ivan the Terrible”SS guard at 3 different camps – was found guilty in 2011 of helping to murder more than 28 000 Jewish people

  7. Hans Lipschis – arrested May 6, 2013 – 93 yrs old. SS guard at Auschwitz, 1941 - 1944

  8. Can you necessarily say that anybody who worked as a guard is guilty of murder, guilty of a war crime?

  9. “Indifference always benefits the oppressor – never the victim” – Elie Wiesel (Holocaust survivor and author of Night) • 1. What do you feel is the message of this quote? • 2. What motivates people to be indifferent? • 3. What are the consequences of indifference?

  10. “Indifference always benefits the oppressor – never the victim” – Elie Wiesel (Holocaust survivor and author of Night) • "We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.“ • Is saying nothing and doing nothing being neutral?

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