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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Daniel Jonah Goldhagen's hypothesis was that there was something different about Germany that made antisemitism flourish there in as murderous way. I don't necessarily agree with this hypothesis, as a lot of historians have criticized his methodology. However, he asks whether one can envision everyday Danes or [b]Italians [/b]participating in the Holocaust the way Germans did. The fact that I can't envision that makes me want to do more research on this topic.[/quote]

I find the Goldhagen stuff pure populism. No woder he wasn't given tenure at Harvard.[/quote]

Seriously? Ever hear of Mussolini?[/quote]

Ever read about Italian participation in the Holocaust? I'm guessing it's not what you think it was.[/quote]

[b]The point was that the Germans thought it up (the process) and did it with such passion and efficiency that it is hard to imagine anyone else doing something like that. [/b]But really, there are some other cultures that I could see doing the same thing. [/quote]

?????

This is such a weird statement to me.

Genocide and mass murder have been repeated over and over again. You don't even have to go outside the middle of the 20th century to find crimes as bad as teh Holocaust. Stalin's policy murder 20 to 60 million people. During WWII, the Japanese murdered at least 5 million civilians and estimates have ranged as high as 30 million civilians.

You don't need to imagine other cultures doing it. You just need to read history.

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