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greenberetTFS
10-15-2009, 10:01
General Eisenhower Warned Us
It is a matter of history that when the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Dwight Eisenhower, found the victims of the death camps he ordered all possible photographs to be taken, and for the German people from surrounding villages to be ushered through the camps and even made to bury the dead.
He did this because he said in words to this effect:
"Get it all on record now - get the films - get the witnesses -because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened."
The following should be removed because it's untrue.......
(This week, the UK debated whether to remove The Holocaust from its school curriculum because it "offends" the Muslim population which claims it never occurred. It is not removed as yet. However, this is a frightening portent of the fear that is gripping the world and how easily each country is giving into it.)
This however is true......
It is now more than 60 years after the Second World War in Europe ended. This e-mail is being sent as a memorial chain, in memory of the,6 million Jews, 20 million Russians, 10 million Christians, and 1,900 Catholic priests Who were murdered, raped, burned, starved, beat, experimented on and humiliated while the German people looked the other way!
Now, more than ever, with Iran , among others, claiming the Holocaust to be "a myth," it is imperative to make sure the world never forget.
How many years will it be before the attack on the World Trade Center ..
"NEVER HAPPENED"
because it offends some Muslim in the U.S. ???
FREEDOM ISN'T FREE...SOMEONE HAD TO PAY FOR IT.
If you can read this...thank a teacher.
If you can read this in English.....thank a veteran.
God Bless America !
Big Teddy :munchin
I lived in Germany from 1952-1955 and saw the displaced persons in their camps. Many were concentration camp survivors and were grateful to the Americans for their survival. I remember talking with a young boy (6 or 7), who was my age, about Dahau and what he endured. It was amazing and unforgetable.
Whoever created this electronic chain-mail must've studied under the Nigerian scammers - apparently it's been floating around for a couple of years with a few modifications enroute.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/holocaust.asp
And so it goes...;)
Richard's $.02 :munchin
greenberetTFS
10-15-2009, 15:50
General Eisenhower Warned Us
It is a matter of history that when the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Dwight Eisenhower, found the victims of the death camps he ordered all possible photographs to be taken, and for the German people from surrounding villages to be ushered through the camps and even made to bury the dead.
He did this because he said in words to this effect:
"Get it all on record now - get the films - get the witnesses -because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened."
The following should be removed because it's untrue.......
(This week, the UK debated whether to remove The Holocaust from its school curriculum because it "offends" the Muslim population which claims it never occurred. It is not removed as yet. However, this is a frightening portent of the fear that is gripping the world and how easily each country is giving into it.)
This however is true......
It is now more than 60 years after the Second World War in Europe ended. This e-mail is being sent as a memorial chain, in memory of the,6 million Jews, 20 million Russians, 10 million Christians, and 1,900 Catholic priests Who were murdered, raped, burned, starved, beat, experimented on and humiliated while the German people looked the other way!
Now, more than ever, with Iran , among others, claiming the Holocaust to be "a myth," it is imperative to make sure the world never forget.
How many years will it be before the attack on the World Trade Center ..
"NEVER HAPPENED"
because it offends some Muslim in the U.S. ???
FREEDOM ISN'T FREE...SOMEONE HAD TO PAY FOR IT.
If you can read this...thank a teacher.
If you can read this in English.....thank a veteran.
God Bless America !
Big Teddy :munchin
Source is here (http://www.eisenhowermemorial.org/stories/death-camps.htm). General Eisenhower told General Marshall about his visit to the camps.I made the visit deliberately, in order to be in a position to give first-hand evidence of these things if ever, in the future, there develops a tendency to charge these allegations merely to ‘propaganda.’
greenberetTFS
10-15-2009, 16:13
Whoever created this electronic chain-mail must've studied under the Nigerian scammers - apparently it's been floating around for a couple of years with a few modifications enroute.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/holocaust.asp
And so it goes...;)
Richard's $.02 :munchin
You know Richard I sincerely respect a lot of your comments because they are for me educationally and knowledgeable,however like TS once told you it's hard to understand some of the stances and positions you take..........:confused:
Big Teddy :munchin
...it's hard to understand some of the stances and positions you take..........:confused:
No stance or position - other than a bit of sarcasm - just some background information regarding the chain-email to use or ignore as anyone sees fit.
Richard
FWIW. Source is here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/7226778.stm). UK government acts on hoax e-mail
The UK government is taking the unprecedented step of writing to every embassy to stop a false e-mail rumour about Holocaust teaching being banned.
A widely-circulated e-mail has falsely claimed that schools in the UK will stop teaching the Holocaust because it might cause offence to Muslims.
Schools Secretary Ed Balls says he wants to "put an end once and for all to the myth" spread by the e-mail.
He says teaching the Holocaust remains "non-negotiable" in England.
This formal government rebuttal of a hoax e-mail has been prompted by a persistent rumour that "UK schools" are set to remove the Holocaust from the curriculum.
'No evidence'
The e-mail claims that this is a response to fears of offending Muslims - and it calls for the e-mail to be distributed in a "memorial chain" in protecting the memory of the Holocaust's victims.
There are also versions of the e-mail claiming that teaching of the Holocaust has been banned at the University of Kentucky - presumably in a confusion over "UK".
The e-mail continues to be published on many blogs and websites.
A spokeswoman for the Department for Children, Schools and Families says the department regularly has to handle inquiries about this hoax - and that it wants to put a stop to the confusion.
The BBC News website also repeatedly receives e-mails, many from international readers, asking about the validity of this supposed curriculum ban.
The government is now acting to refute the e-mail, sending a statement to embassies and the "world media".
"I want to put an end once and for all to the myth that the Holocaust is not being taught in schools or is being removed from the curriculum," writes Mr Balls.
Auschwitz visits
"I am pleased to confirm that this is absolutely not the case. Teaching of the Holocaust is compulsory in all secondary schools between the ages of 11 and 14.
"We are clear that there are certain non-negotiable subjects, which are protected in schools; one of those is the Holocaust.
"There is no evidence that schools are breaking the rules and not teaching the Holocaust.
"We also fund visits for young people from every secondary school and college to go to Auschwitz."
The UK has four education systems with separate curricula. This compulsory teaching of the Holocaust applies to schools in England - but there are no suggestions of a "ban" on the subject in other parts of the UK either.
The starting point of the e-mail is believed to have been a report from the Historical Association in April 2007, which warned that some teachers appeared reluctant to teach areas of history which could be considered controversial with some pupils.
This included concerns about teaching the Crusades to Muslim pupils - and worries that teaching the Holocaust could prompt an anti-Semitic response.
Published: 2008/02/04 16:09:16 GMT
greenberetTFS
10-15-2009, 16:28
Richard made a good point, a portion of what i posted was untrue and if you review my edited post you'll see the correction was made, however the rest of the post was true................;)
Big Teddy :munchin