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Kristallnacht: “the lack of public outcry” led the Nazis to press on


From the AFP:

Historians say the Nazis tested the German public’s reaction to the spasm of anti-Semitic violence and the lack of public outcry led them to press on, culminating in the extermination campaign launched three years later.

Pope Benedict XVI recalled the agony he felt as a boy growing up in Nazi Germany and urged younger generations to shun all forms of discrimination.

“Even today, I feel pain for what happened in these tragic circumstances, of which the memory must serve to ensure that such horrors never occur again,” he said at the Vatican.

“It is our duty as citizens of this world to keep up our guard against anti-Semitism and all forms of racism infiltrating our societies,” Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Miliband added in a statement from London.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 12:09 am November 10th, 2008 in intolerance, Jewish 

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One Response to “Kristallnacht: “the lack of public outcry” led the Nazis to press on”

  1. 1 Ryan on November 10th, 2008 8:16 am

    Putting one’s feet down against intolerance is the first step to beating it.

    Never again.

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