I could explode!

[lady_zana]

But you are right about one thing: they were only doing what they thought was right. And although what they thought was right was wrong and sick, it was what they believed in. Just like when we have a leader of some group or something we are a part of, they do what they think is right and we follow because we think it is right as well.

I am not 100% sure on this. As a history major, I took several classes where we covered the Holocaust. I believe most did think they were doing the right but some things go beyond believing in a leader.

Ilsa Koch was a wife of a Nazi commander. She used to ride in the camps half-naked and have anyone who looked severely whipped. She also kept a tattoo collection - not her own. What she kept was the skin of those who were murdered by taking photos of their tattoos while they lived and once dead (gassed, worked to death, etc.), she collected the real thing - the actual tattooed skin.

This, among many other horrifying events, make me wonder if they were "just doing what they thought were right." The Holocaust went far beyond the murder of thousands.

To put it simply (and please know I am NOT trying to 'simplyify' or lessen what happened), when a shelter has too many animals, sometimes they must be put down. They are gassed in mass numbered but NOT tortured first. It's horrible but some believe it must be done. The Nazis did not humanely 'put down' a race of people because they thought it had to be done.

The Nazis tortured their victims to extreme degrees. They exploited them sexually, physically, and mentally. They starved them and worked them to death. Some were used for medical experiments.

These, among other things, help me to think the Nazis went way beyond just 'doing what they thought was right.'

[JuniorxMyxLove]

We finished the book. I went to the public library and checked out the other two books she wrote...the author was Livia Bitton-Jackson, if anyone wants to find the book. The other books are just as good, ones about the time from being liberated to when they were allowed to go to America. The other one's about her in america. i still can't stop thinking about the Holocaust. Unless of course I'm thinking about my baby, Cole. He went to RB jan. 11, 2007.