[Leica] country of origin

[Robert Appleby <robert.appleby@tin.it>]

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Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 18:40:44 EST
From: Krechtz@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Leica] Country of origin
Message-ID: <d3.d8ca0b7.2760287c@aol.com>
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In a message dated 12/5/00 3:11:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
msmall@roanoke.infi.net writes:

<< Hmm.  The elimination of Socialists and the like by the Nazis was certainly
 in the political and not cultural ethos, and the elimination of Jews and
 Cossacks by the Soviets would seem to be in the cultural and not the
 political ethos.
  >>

True, as far as it goes.  However, the "elimination" of political opponents 
by the Nazis began years before the systematic mass murders known as the 
Holocaust commenced, or probably was even conceived.  Likewise, Russian, as 
opposed to Soviet persecution of minorities, particularly the Jews, began 
under the czars, probably centuries before Stalin came along.  But what's the 
point of quibbling?(:

Joe Sobel
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Wrong, Marc, I'm afraid.
For the cultural underpinnings of German anti-semitism:

Hannah Arendt: The Origins of Totalitarianism
Daniel <forget last name>: Hitler's Willing Executioners.

And many more, I'm sure.

Rob (born and bred in Munich an indeterminate number of years ago).
Robert Appleby