Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Country of origin
From: Krechtz@aol.com
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 17:11:47 EST

In a message dated 12/4/00 11:42:31 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
aruby@rci.rutgers.edu writes:

<< The Nazis were just a bunch of ordinary
 Germans, ie, just like anyone else. To claim that they were anything more or
 less is to beg for it to happen again. Besides, the holocaust perpetrated by
 the Nazis was neither the most lethal nor the most terrible; history, sadly
 20th century history in particular has amply demonstrated that fact.
  >>

Unfortunately true.  The most striking feature of the holocaust has been 
aptly described as the banality of its evil.  The same applies equally to 
other acts of genocide, particularly in the 20th century.  The mechanization 
and routinization of mass murder has no doubt been greatly enhanced by the 
technological advances engendered by the "war effort", WWII in particular.

Joe Sobel