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Jun 8Liked by Diane Engelhardt

The uncanny similarities in these two places, one during the Holocaust and one that is taking place now while being live-streamed for all to see, in Gaza, should not be lost on anyone with a conscience. That these Zionists have hijacked the Holocaust to use it for their own political gains is despicable beyond doubt.😢🇵🇸☮️

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The Zionist propagandists are hard at work!

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Jun 9Liked by Diane Engelhardt

Thanks for sharing Diane. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this and think you have analyzed this well. The similarities to present day cannot be missed.

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Have you seen the film?

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No I haven't but I will look into watching it.

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You can watch it on Prime Video if you're a subscriber.

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Yes I have Prime so I will watch one of these evenings

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Jun 8Liked by Diane Engelhardt

Where western propaganda and hasbara intersect. West makes you a problem for asking for evidence. Hasbara only sees two sides, Israeli mass murder is payback to Asians and Africans semites for European crimes, but its antisemitism to points that out.

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Jun 9·edited Jun 9Liked by Diane Engelhardt

Where are we, that being a Zionist Jew entitles you to commit atrocious war crimes and genocide against another group of humanity, and get away with it without punishment? Shame on you. You are no better than the Nazis.

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Jun 19Liked by Diane Engelhardt

I really felt for Glazer when that massive, histrionic backlash hit him. It must have been incredibly painful, to be ostracised like that, by his own tribes. For simply speaking the truth.

As for that letter... "indigenous" indeed! The chutzpah of people from New York and Warsaw claiming to be Indigenous to Palestine.

About Netflix, I have noticed the same thing.

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As a tip, you might include a big "SPOILER ALERT" at the top of articles discussing contemporaneous movies. Since I'd already seen it, it didn't bother me that you launched right into a synopsis, and I thought it was a good read.

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From what I've read, the exterminations took place in secluded re-purposed outbuildings and the camps in Auschwitz-Birkenau were, as you point out, labor and holding camps. Though there are some historical inaccuracies in the film, and it was based on Martin Amis's novel (which I have not yet read), what stands out is the powerful portrayal of "the banality of evil".

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Everything one reads about Auschwitz-Birkenau refers to an extermination camp and gas chambers. The question, I suppose, is how trustworthy are these sources, for example: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rudolf-Franz-Hoss. What source do you have to the contrary?

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I asked the question because I am always interested in learning more about an issue, especially if it gives me cause to re-think and re-examine. That aside, I wrote this review/article because of what the film tells us about human psychology. One can debate and argue about historical events, but one cannot deny the human capacity for arrogance, cruelty and depravity, as not only history shows but also the present.

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