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| Jewish Armed Resistance to the Holocaust |
| 2007-07-25 |
| A timely look back, considering Israeli Prime Minister Olmert's idiocies. The second paragraph of the article is a pure delight. Hattip Instapundit. Precis: Contrary to myth of Jewish passivity, many Jews did fight back during the Holocaust. They shut down the extermination camp at Sobibor, rose up in the Warsaw Ghetto, and fought in the woods and swamps all over Eastern Europe. Indeed, Jews resisted at a higher rate than did any other population under Nazi rule. The experience of the Holocaust shows why Jews, and all people of good will, should support the right of potential genocide victims to possess defensive arms, and refutes the notion that violence is necessarily immoral. David B. Kopel is Research Director of the Independence Institute, in Golden, Colorado, and a member of the International Association of Genocide Scholars. This is a draft of an article that will be published in volume 19 of the Journal on Firearms & Public Policy, in 2007. I'd no idea there was scholarship done on the history of firearms and public policy. My world view has again been broadened. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 I'd also like to add that "Night and Fog" should be made mandatory viewing in all American high schools. Once you see bulldozers scraping heaps of matchstick bodies into mass graves the ability to tolerate genocide takes a dramatic downturn. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-07-25 18:13 |
| #3 Leon Uris' "Mila 18" also provides some insights into this. I can only hope that the Jewish people have once and for all time learned the importance of pre-empting those who are dedicated to genocide. We in the West evidently still have a ways to go towards comprehending the importance of this critical topic. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-07-25 18:08 |
| #2 There is a group in the U.S. called "Jews for the Preservation of Firearms" that takes the 2nd Amendment seriously in that it is a deterrent to a dictatorial government such as Herr Adolph Schicklgruber's. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-07-25 12:10 |
| #1 Sobibor was such an embarrassment the Nazis destroyed the camp. Have to recommend Escape from Sobibor and a well done movie on the subject. Additional videos on the subject. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2007-07-25 08:26 |