How popular is the holocaust?

Question

Why does the Holocaust, im referring to the mass murders of jews gypsies cripples and poles in WW II recieve most of the attention... I mean there are holocausts going on TODAY!!! but why do we pay more attention to the that holocaust?? cant people live and let go, and im not trying to sound insesnsitive, but seriously lets learn from the mistakes on the past rather than dwell on them

Answer 1

The Holocaust Industry is a means for living Jews to extract $$$ from IBM, Swiss banks, America, etc today

Interestingly, everyone forgets that the Communists were the main force against Nazis

Answer 2

I don't know about "popular", but unfortunately mass genocide occurs and had occured in too many situations and in too many eras.

Firstly, however, you should become familiarized with the term holocaust. The word holocaust is Greek and means burnt "offering" The idea of a burnt offering implies consent for a ritual. Considering that genocide is not a ritual which requires nor asks consent. It is not a good word to use. Catastrophe is much more appropriate. I think the only reason why this genocide is frequently discussed is because it is in our recent past (not that they are not occuring today by any means). But they have a large lobby to create an imprint in our mind so that we do not allow this to happen to anyone else.

In this last century however, the world has seen numerous geoncides At least 40, and these are only considered the "worst". The mass murders that occured during world war II are among the top three in fatalities. The figures below are only estimates and do not include current know genocides such as that in the Darfur Region or current counts to date occuring in Iraq. We still do not know the total number of dissident killed throughout the years in China either.

Mao Ze-Dong (China, 1958-61 and 1966-69) 49,000,000 ("great leap forward" and "cultural revolution")
Jozef Stalin (USSR, 1934-39) 13,000,000 (the purges)
Adolf Hitler (Germany, 1939-1945) 12,000,000 (concentration camps and civilians WWII)
Hideki Tojo (Japan, 1941-44) 5,000,000 (civilians WWII)
Pol Pot (Cambodia, 1975-79) 1,700,000
Kim Il Sung (North Korea, 1948-94) 1.6 million (purges and concentration camps)
Menghistu (Ethiopia, 1975-78) 1,500,000
Ismail Enver (Turkey, 1915) 1,200,000 Armenians
Yakubu Gowon (Biafra, 1967-1970) 1,000,000
Leonid Brezhnev (Afghanistan, 1979-1982) 900,000
Jean Kambanda (Rwanda, 1994) 800,000
Suharto (East Timor, 1976-98) 600,000
Saddam Hussein (Iran 1980-1990 and Kurdistan 1987-88) 600,000
Yahya Khan (Pakistan, 1971) vs Bangladesh 500,000
Savimbi (Angola, 1975-2002) 400,000
Mullah Omar - Taliban (Afghanistan, 1986-2001) 400,000
Idi Amin (Uganda, 1969-1979) 300,000
Benito Mussolini (Ethiopia, 1936; Yugoslavia, WWII) 300,000
Mobutu Sese Seko (Zaire, 1965-97) ?
Charles Taylor (Liberia, 1989-1996) 220,000
Foday Sankoh (Sierra Leone, 1991-2000) 200,000
Slobodan Milosevic (Yugoslavia, 1992-96) 180,000
Michel Micombero (Burundi, 1972) 150,000
Hassan Turabi (Sudan, 1989-1999) 100,000
Jean-Bedel Bokassa (Centrafrica, 1966-79) ?
Richard Nixon (Vietnam, 1969-1974) 70,000 (vietnamese civilians)
Efrain Rios Montt (Guatemala, 1982-83) 70,000
Papa Doc Duvalier (Haiti, 1957-71) 60,000
Hissene Habre (Chad, 1982-1990) 40,000
Chiang Kai-shek (Taiwan, 1947) 30,000 (popular uprising)
Vladimir Ilich Lenin (USSR, 1917-20) 30,000 (dissidents executed)
Francisco Franco (Spain) 30,000 (dissidents executed after the civil war)
Lyndon Johnson (Vietnam, 1963-1968) 30,000
Hafez Al-Assad (Syria, 1980-2000) 25,000
Khomeini (Iran, 1979-89) 20,000
Guy Mollet (France, 1956-1957) 10,000 (war in Algeria)
Paul Koroma (Sierra Leone, 1997) 6,000
Osama Bin Laden (worldwide, 1993-2001) 3,500
Augusto Pinochet (Chile, 1973) 3,000
Al Zarqawi (Iraq, 2004-06) 2,000

Answer 3

There isn't any convenient reply to this query. Reasoning differs from individual to individual. For a few, it is undeniable out that they're 'neo-nazis' and an identical corporations, who both lie, or were taught that the entire factor used to be made up in opposition to them. For a few, it is mental.. they simply can not think that some thing like that might occur within the 'trendy' international. Some humans are conspiracy addicts who believe the whole lot is a lie. Some others have been taught exclusive considering the fact that their dad and mom think exclusive.. and think their dad and mom over some thing they could gain knowledge of in university. The unhappy aspect of it's, with Holocaust survivor numbers dwindling, it is getting simpler and simpler for humans to unfold the lies.

Answer 4

I had to calm down for a few minutes before answering this beauty of a question. After all, I really believe that you DON'T mean to be insensitive, and you are probably very young and have seen little of the world.

Why DO we dwell on the Holocaust...? Because of the shocking scope of it: Six MILLION extinguished in the most callous, brutal ways you can imagine. This has never been equaled, thank God.

So, I'll leave you with one thought: How can we learn from the past if we forget it?

Answer 5

We must never forget the Holocaust, to be sure, but you're correct. In Darfur, there is mass murder, and we mustn't forget Rwanda either. I think we should remember the past, but I agree with you. People need to stop turning a blind eye to the present. I mean, there are upwards of 70,000 dead people in Iraq right now, and they're mostly not insurgents.

Answer 6

I disagree. That was a hugely tragic injustice on a monumental scale. No one before, and no one since has committed such a horrible atrocity. (Maybe Stalin killed more than Hitler, but it is speculation.)
I think we should always remember man's ultimate inhumanity to man, so that it will not be repeated.
If you have the money, the time, and the nerve; go to Poland and visit the memorials, the camps, the ovens. I guarantee the experience will shake you down to your shoes. Invite the President of Iran to go with you. He does not think the Holocaust happened.

Answer 7

I agree with all your other answers - we are doomed to repeat our past sins in relation to each other - kill and kill again!@

Answer 8

Unless we remember our past , we are doomed to repeat it ......

Yes there are atrocities out there . we havent learned have we ?

Answer 9

OH MY it was so popular that they had a sell out crowd !!!

In fact they went into many extra performances...

Answer 10

History repeats itself.

We are one stupid human race, thats for sure...