I agree. Of course, was it known (or only suspected) that Jews were being put to death then? There was a period of time when the public knew they were being gathered up and sent to work camps, but not that they were being killed. I'm not sure, I have to look it all back up again. Chances are, the public may not have known, but the governments all probably did (or had enough reason to believe it was so).

Watching PBS last night, I was reminded of the terrible situation (even today) of the residents of the Marshall Islands (and neighboring islands). That was another tragedy but one that was soley the responsibility of our government, no other.


>>>>Hi Mike, nice to see you too. Hope you're also well! :-)
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>>>>I don't advocate banning all forms of immigration. I was just exploring the possibility. I don't wish this to happen, but if it did, it's what the government (and by definition, the majority) here wants. It's not a tragedy,
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>>>FWIW, when the US had an extremely restrictive immigration policy in the 1930's, it was, in fact, a tragedy and contributed to the deaths of hundreds of thousands (including some of my ancestors and, I suspect, some of yours).
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>>I'm not sure I'm interpreting what you said correctly, but it looks like you're saying the US is directly complicit in mass murder.
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>I wouldn't say "directly complicit," but by its policies, failed to prevent their deaths. The Nazis succeeded in killing so many in part because other countries wouldn't admit the Jews and others.
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>Tamar