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Re: Project Revives Nazi Atrocities in Striking Color

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This will be very controversial but lately I've been wondering why is it that Germany's atrocities are still talked about however similar atrocities committed by the Allies are ignored. Let's take Britains rule in India, particularly the Bengal famine of 1943 that killed 2-3 million people (as it happened around the same time as concentration camps). https://yourstory.com/2014/08/bengal-famine-genocide/ Let's not eve…

Whataboutism aside, a big difference is EIC or Churchill did not try to depopulate Bengal or target it’s native population. In Germany, the Jewish population was blamed for the countries problems and their extermination was a stated objective of the government’s policy. Concentration camps, gas chambers - they even extended this to other countries: Belgium, France, Poland, Russia Famines are caused by environmental i…

> Whataboutism aside,

Nice use of a meme word. My point was that you need to look at history in context.

> a big difference is EIC or Churchill did not try to depopulate Bengal or target it’s native population.

This is disputed https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/not-his-fines...

> Famines are caused by environmental issues, a monsoon affects crops or bad policy like Mao in China or Kim in NK

Famines can be manufactured which I believe the Bengali famine was. Holodomor was planned https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor

Re: Project Revives Nazi Atrocities in Striking Color

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This will be very controversial but lately I've been wondering why is it that Germany's atrocities are still talked about however similar atrocities committed by the Allies are ignored. Let's take Britains rule in India, particularly the Bengal famine of 1943 that killed 2-3 million people (as it happened around the same time as concentration camps). https://yourstory.com/2014/08/bengal-famine-genocide/ Let's not eve…

The Nazis established a massive, systemic and vicious program for the complete annihilation of any "enemy" of the aryan race, and by "enemy" we are talking about innocent jews, Romani and many more (although, the complete annihilation of the jewish people was it's main target). You may know this as the "Final Solution". I'm not aware of any event in modern human history that resembles the scale, the intent, the execu…

> I'm not aware of any event in modern human history that resembles the scale, the intent, the execution level and the pure evil that makes the final solution program.

Read the history of Indian subcontinent from around 1000 AD to 1947 AD. Events of the same magnitude as the holocast (or worse) happend again and again. Read about the ‘conquests’ of the likes of Mahmood Ghaznavi, Muhammad of Ghor, Taimur the Lame, Ahmad Shah Durrani, Nader Shah, Mughals and countless others. Read about the atrocities committed by them to the people they conquered and tell me that the Nazi holocast was a singular event.

Re: Project Revives Nazi Atrocities in Striking Color

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This will be very controversial but lately I've been wondering why is it that Germany's atrocities are still talked about however similar atrocities committed by the Allies are ignored. Let's take Britains rule in India, particularly the Bengal famine of 1943 that killed 2-3 million people (as it happened around the same time as concentration camps). https://yourstory.com/2014/08/bengal-famine-genocide/ Let's not eve…

Bengal famine is just one example. Read about the history of the Indian subcontinent from around 1000 AD to 1947 AD.

Re: Project Revives Nazi Atrocities in Striking Color

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post #20

This will be very controversial but lately I've been wondering why is it that Germany's atrocities are still talked about however similar atrocities committed by the Allies are ignored. Let's take Britains rule in India, particularly the Bengal famine of 1943 that killed 2-3 million people (as it happened around the same time as concentration camps). https://yourstory.com/2014/08/bengal-famine-genocide/ Let's not eve…

Whataboutism aside, a big difference is EIC or Churchill did not try to depopulate Bengal or target it’s native population. In Germany, the Jewish population was blamed for the countries problems and their extermination was a stated objective of the government’s policy. Concentration camps, gas chambers - they even extended this to other countries: Belgium, France, Poland, Russia Famines are caused by environmental i…

> Famines are caused by environmental issues, a monsoon affects crops or bad policy like Mao in China or Kim in NK

Maybe — but at the same time tonnes of grains — which should have been sent to provide relief to the affected — were being sent to British troops fighting all over the world.

Re: Project Revives Nazi Atrocities in Striking Color

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post #23

This will be very controversial but lately I've been wondering why is it that Germany's atrocities are still talked about however similar atrocities committed by the Allies are ignored. Let's take Britains rule in India, particularly the Bengal famine of 1943 that killed 2-3 million people (as it happened around the same time as concentration camps). https://yourstory.com/2014/08/bengal-famine-genocide/ Let's not eve…

Bengal famine is just one example. Read about the history of the Indian subcontinent from around 1000 AD to 1947 AD.

I'm well aware. I picked that one because it was literally happening at the same time as holocaust.

Re: Project Revives Nazi Atrocities in Striking Color

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post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Nazis established a massive, systemic and vicious program for the complete annihilation of any "enemy" of the aryan race, and by "enemy" we are talking about innocent jews, Romani and many more (although, the complete annihilation of the jewish people was it's main target). You may know this as the "Final Solution". I'm not aware of any event in modern human history that resembles the scale, the intent, the execu…

> I'm not aware of any event in modern human history that resembles the scale, the intent, the execution level and the pure evil that makes the final solution program. Read the history of Indian subcontinent from around 1000 AD to 1947 AD. Events of the same magnitude as the holocast (or worse) happend again and again. Read about the ‘conquests’ of the likes of Mahmood Ghaznavi, Muhammad of Ghor, Taimur the Lame, Ahm…

> Read the history of Indian subcontinent from around 1000 AD to 1947 AD.

Can you recommend any books?

Re: Project Revives Nazi Atrocities in Striking Color

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post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I'm not aware of any event in modern human history that resembles the scale, the intent, the execution level and the pure evil that makes the final solution program. Read the history of Indian subcontinent from around 1000 AD to 1947 AD. Events of the same magnitude as the holocast (or worse) happend again and again. Read about the ‘conquests’ of the likes of Mahmood Ghaznavi, Muhammad of Ghor, Taimur the Lame, Ahm…

> Read the history of Indian subcontinent from around 1000 AD to 1947 AD. Can you recommend any books?

You can start with Wikipedia[1]. I’ve read more then a few books over the years — I’ll find some for you.

[1] I know Wikipedia is not the best source, but it should give you some idea of what I am talking about. Here are some links:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_campaign_of_Ahmad_Sha...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nader_Shah%27s_invasion_of_t...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmud_of_Ghazni#Ghaznavid_c...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Hindus

Re: Project Revives Nazi Atrocities in Striking Color

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post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Read the history of Indian subcontinent from around 1000 AD to 1947 AD. Can you recommend any books?

You can start with Wikipedia[1]. I’ve read more then a few books over the years — I’ll find some for you. [1] I know Wikipedia is not the best source, but it should give you some idea of what I am talking about. Here are some links: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_campaign_of_Ahmad_Sha... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nader_Shah%27s_invasion_of_t... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmud_of_Ghazni#Ghaznavid_…

I was aware of some of this but will check it out further.

Re: Project Revives Nazi Atrocities in Striking Color

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post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can start with Wikipedia[1]. I’ve read more then a few books over the years — I’ll find some for you. [1] I know Wikipedia is not the best source, but it should give you some idea of what I am talking about. Here are some links: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_campaign_of_Ahmad_Sha... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nader_Shah%27s_invasion_of_t... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmud_of_Ghazni#Ghaznavid_…

I was aware of some of this but will check it out further.

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Re: Project Revives Nazi Atrocities in Striking Color

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post #14

This will be very controversial but lately I've been wondering why is it that Germany's atrocities are still talked about however similar atrocities committed by the Allies are ignored. Let's take Britains rule in India, particularly the Bengal famine of 1943 that killed 2-3 million people (as it happened around the same time as concentration camps). https://yourstory.com/2014/08/bengal-famine-genocide/ Let's not eve…

The Nazis established a massive, systemic and vicious program for the complete annihilation of any "enemy" of the aryan race, and by "enemy" we are talking about innocent jews, Romani and many more (although, the complete annihilation of the jewish people was it's main target). You may know this as the "Final Solution". I'm not aware of any event in modern human history that resembles the scale, the intent, the execu…

And here is something that happened in the “Modern” world — circa 1971. May not be at the same scale as the Nazi Holocast, but no less horrifying.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blood_Telegram:_Nixon,_K...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archer_Blood#The_Blood_teleg...

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