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Dedication:

I would like to dedicate this listing in memory of Renya Sieger, born 1936-OCT-10 to Jewish parents in Cracow, Poland. Renya disappeared into the death camps, leaving no trace -- one of about 1.5 million children systematically murdered during the Shoah, the Nazi Holocaust.

In 2000-MAY, I had the opportunity to visit the Museum of Tolerance in Hollywood CA. While there I picked up one of many information sheets, each of which described a victim of the Holocaust. I was startled to see that the sheet described a girl born in 1936, within days of myself. Renya probably never made it to her sixth birthday before her life was snuffed out.

She had barely begun to live.

Quotations:

	"Nazi anti-Judaism was the work of godless, anti-Christian criminals. But it would not have been possible without the almost two thousand years' pre-history of 'Christian' anti-Judaism..." Hans Küng 1
	"The Jews are a nervous people. Nineteen centuries of Christian love have taken a toll." Benjamin Disraeli
	"Only in our remembrance and open discussion is there a chance, a hope, that another Holocaust will never happen." Louis Weber, publisher of "The Holocaust Chronicle" 2

Disclaimer:

The following essay lists many mass murders of Jews by both ancient Romans and by Christians, during the period 70 to 1946 CE. We do not wish to imply that the descendants of the Romans (the present-day Italians) and/or modern Christians advocate the extermination of Jews. We do not imply that Christians today are responsible for actions by their spiritual ancestors in past centuries. Many might disagree with us. But it is our belief is that it is illogical and immoral to hold an individual responsible for events that occurred before they were born.

However, continual past attempts at Jewish extermination are a fact of history. They need to be closely examined and understood by everyone, in order to prevent future religiously based genocides and mass crimes against humanity. Otherwise, there is no hope for the future.

The religious intolerance and racism that were responsible for the deaths of millions of Jews in the past differ little in principle from the emotions that caused incidents of mass murder, crimes against humanity, and genocide in the late 1990s. For example:

	The mass murder of Muslims by Christians in Kosovo.
	The genocides and mass murders by Muslims, Roman Catholics, and Serbian Orthodox followers against each other in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
	The extermination of one third of the Roman Catholic inhabitants of East Timor by Muslims.

Topics covered in this section:

	Anti-Judaism: Persecution of followers of the Jewish religion:    70 to 1200 CE    1201 to 1800 CE
	Anti-semitism: Persecution of Jews along racial lines:   1800 CE to the present time

Related essay in this web site:

Blood libel, ritual murder, host desecration and other anti-Judaic myths and hoaxes

Recommended Books:

	"The Holocaust Chronicle: A history in words and pictures." is a truly remarkable book about the Nazi Holocaust. Obtain a copy. You will never be the same after having read it. Read reviews or order this book safely from Amazon.com online book store  The book has also been published on the Internet at: http://www.holocaustchronicle.org/
	Dominic Crossan, "Who killed Jesus: Exposing the roots of anti-Semitism in the Gospel story of the death of Jesus," HarperCollins (1996) This book concerns anti-Judaism in early Christianity. See reviews/order it
	Peter Gay, "My German Question: Growing up in Nazi Berlin," Yale, (1998) See reviews/order it
	William Nichol, "Christian Antisemitism: A History of Hate," Aronson, (1995). See reviews/order it
	Dan Cohn-Sherbok, "The Crucified Jew: 20 centuries of Christian Anti-Semitism," Eerdmans (1992). See reviews/order it

References:

1. Hans Küng, "On Being a Christian,"  Doubleday, Garden City NY, (1976), Page 169.
2. Marilyn Harran, et al., "The Holocaust Chronicle: A history in words and pictures," Publications Internatinal, (2000). This is a truly remarkable book about the Nazi Holocaust. Obtain a copy. You will never be the same after having read it. Read reviews or order this book safely from Amazon.com online book store  The book has also been published on the Internet at: http://www.holocaustchronicle.org/
3. If you are ever in Hollywood, CA, be certain to visit the Museum of Tolerance. See: http://www.wiesenthal.com/

Copyright © 1997 to 2009 by Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance
Latest update: 2009-MAY-02
Author: B.A. Robinson

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