| Let us count the dead |
by waddo |
2008-04-07 10:45:24 |
I am referring to the Holocaust. Ccapitolised to refer to the systematic slaying of Jews in germany in the WWII era. I have now been taught three different numbers at three different times. These numbers have a striking similarity to them.
First I was taught that "nearly 4 million Jews were killed". next I was taught that "over 4 million Jews were killed". recenty while perusing Wikipedia, I came across the number as 6.5 million Jews. In World religion class today, the professor made the statement that ~6 million Jews were killed.
The odd thing I have noticed here is that each time I have "learned" about this, the number very closely correlates to the total population of the earth. The first time I learned this we had not yet hit the 4 billion mark. the second time we had just passed the 4 billion mark. Now we are well into the 6 billion mark.
I asked my parents what number they learned when they were in school, and neither could recall. My mother could not even recall being told a number. My step father could only remember that the number seemed very large. These are people born during WWII.
What I would like from the ufie community is what you learned was the number and approximately when you learned that number. I need what you remember being told when you were in school. (grade school, high school, doesn't matter)
I find it very interesting that each time I learned about the holocaust, the number of Jews exterminated seems to reflect approximately .1% of the population of the planet AT THE TIME I LEARNED IT. |
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I don't recall being told a number | by imrambi | 2008-04-07 10:49:40 |
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I've always heard ~6 million... (n/t) | by vdp | 2008-04-07 10:50:14 |
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But how old are you? | by waddo | 2008-04-07 11:02:51 |
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From the 70s on, but not in the US | by vdp | 2008-04-07 11:06:35 |
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Not interested in the russian... | by waddo | 2008-04-07 12:03:00 |
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You misunderstand | by vdp | 2008-04-07 12:19:28 |
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Who taught you it was 4 million and when was this? (n/t) | by kahuana | 2008-04-07 10:52:53 |
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Middle and high school | by waddo | 2008-04-07 11:02:02 |
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The topic was only covered for my cohort in HS. | by kahuana | 2008-04-07 11:14:46 |
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I don't recall being taught a number, just that it | by hadji | 2008-04-07 10:53:52 |
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My understanding is there were camp records. (n/t) | by kahuana | 2008-04-07 10:57:41 |
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How well were they kept? How many of them were | by hadji | 2008-04-07 10:59:57 |
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The estimate that I've always heard, since the | by ag__wyvern | 2008-04-07 10:57:44 |
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I may depend on what they are counting. | by AndyA | 2008-04-07 10:57:50 |
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about 6 million | by tallastro | 2008-04-07 11:04:32 |
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That's the number I heard. | by lucidpsyche | 2008-04-07 11:08:08 |
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Because it's cheap to build things in China. (n/t) | by AndyA | 2008-04-07 11:17:55 |
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Not then - it was the usual shortsighted US | by vdp | 2008-04-07 11:41:53 |
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I was taught 6 million | by voxwoman | 2008-04-07 11:24:34 |
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It is about 6 million people killed overall | by basher20 | 2008-04-07 11:32:04 |
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No... | by Bellator | 2008-04-07 11:35:29 |
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That's what I was taught... (n/t) | by Lab raT | 2008-04-07 11:41:18 |
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Seems that the split was 10/6 not 6/4 (n/t) | by vdp | 2008-04-07 11:35:52 |
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Where and when did you attend school? (n/t) | by Lab raT | 2008-04-07 11:42:16 |
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When were you taught this? | by waddo | 2008-04-07 12:01:48 |
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I remember it being 6 million. (n/t) | by Bellator | 2008-04-07 11:37:22 |
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How can anyone really know? | by murphoid | 2008-04-07 12:04:43 |
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The Nazis were great record keepers. | by raptillicus | 2008-04-07 12:44:13 |
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I doubt they kept records of the war crimes they | by murphoid | 2008-04-07 14:00:03 |
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Over 6 million Jews, including almost 1.5 mil kids | by raptillicus | 2008-04-07 12:38:00 |
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6 million... | by OsteSpiser | 2008-04-07 12:45:53 |
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I learned an estimated 6 million | by DesertRat66 | 2008-04-07 12:49:38 |
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More numbers... | by OsteSpiser | 2008-04-07 13:01:40 |
