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Originally Posted by senior citizen
All I know is what I've read on the subject with regard to Adolph Hitler , who probably had mental problems, believing that the blonde blue eyed Aryan race was superior to the Jews......and wanting to exterminate them.
I had a Jewish girlfriend in elementary school who actually was blonde with green eyes as were her parents, blonde with blue and green eyes.
So, go figure. They were Russian Jews. The grandparents had come from Russia.
I have another friend up here in Vermont who comes from Polish Jews; again blonde when young, with beautiful blue eyes; ditto for her husband and kids...now all adults.
In our neighborhood now, our dear friend does have dark brown hair and brown eyes but her kids were blonde........she's the one who was born in a concentration camp where her parents were interred by the Nazi's.
All of her parents families were exterminated by the Germans in those camps. Very sad to hear the stories.
Who knows why people are cruel to others. Hitler was a first class nut job.
p.s.
However, I do remember my mother telling me when I was a child that not only Jews were killed during the holocaust, but Catholics and other religious groups as well...........I know Ukrainians were killed. She was Ukrainian. They'd read it in their Ukie newspapers.
Also, all of my Jewish friends have always been ECUMENICAL to a fault.
They came to our Christmas parties and brought tree ornaments.
They invited us to their Chanukah / Hannukah (still can't spell it) parties.
Love those potato latkes with sour cream and apple sauce.
They still send me Christmas cards as do their children.
I will say it again.....all races, all ethnic groups and all religious groups can enrich our lives..........why anyone would want to exterminate others is a mystery to me..........other than what I've read.
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I very much agree with your statement..
I too try to respect others and celebrate cultural and religious differences, but I am really scared when people embrace the idea of killing me and the people I love for religious reasons. And, I wish that the people who speak for the Muslim community would denounce the bombings in such a way that I thought they meant it and I believed that they didn't think it was the right thing to do. Every time they were asked on camera that I saw they didn't denounce but talked about how they were being badly treated.