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Originally Posted by Radster
I agree with the common sentiment in this thread. I am not against such a monument, but I am totally against it being built at that particular location. Its a huge fail, as many of you have mentioned. It should be built in a more peaceful, quiet area for obvious reasons already mentioned in previous posts.
Furthermore, I am hoping that the monument will also commemorate the non-Jews killed in the Holocaust. As a Polish-born Canadian, I had granparents who fought in WWII and non-Jew family members living in conentration camps. I too have visited 2 different concentration over the years, and I am always educating people on the hard facts of WWII and the Holocaust and how its not just the Jews who suffered and endured years of hell. Yet thats the result of a type of unfortunate propaganda that has been present as of late, we are made to believe that the main victims of WWII were Jews, thats it thats all. Thats of course, far from the truth and I hope that this monument brings to light the deaths of all the other innocent civilians in Europe and beyond during WWII. Holocaust is not just about Jews.
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You're right, there were a number of groups targeted by the Nazis and millions of non-Jewish individuals were sent to the camps. And any Holocaust memorial should commemorate all victims. However, I think you need to acknowledge that the sheer number of Jews killed (2/3 of the entire pre-war population) explains in part the close association of the term Holocaust as an act of genocide with Europe's Jews, and that the use of the term "propaganda" here is somewhat problematic. Finally, a friendly reminder that "Jew" is a noun, never an adjective. Thanks.