Debate : 1223


Off-Topic / Debate / 1223	1222 \| 1224

Subject:	Re: Lego Holocaust art (Was: can someone help me identify these parts?)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Tue, 22 Jun 1999 01:42:36 GMT
Viewed:	646 times

In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jeremy H. Sproat writes: > These were all custom jobs; the person who put the boxes together is > Zbigniew Libera, a Polish artist expressing his views on the recent > trivialization of the Holocaust. The first time I saw it, I cried. Ok folks, I'm about to open a HUGE can of worms, so here goes. Why is it that when anyone speaks of the Holocaust, only Jews are mentioned. Jews represented only 60% of those extinguished during the holocaust. Gays, Gypsys, blacks and poles were also executed. Why is it that they are rarely mentioned. The new National holocaust museum in Washington DC has a single small exhibit to 40% of those killed that takes less than 3% of the museum. The Holocaust museum in NYC does not even acknowledge the other 40%. Sorry, but it grates on my nerves when those that want keep the memory of the Holocaust alive choose to do so by ignoring 40% of the victims. Yes the Holocaust was a horendous, insane, disgusting event in human history - to 100% of its victims.

Message has 3 Replies:

		Re: Lego Holocaust art (Was: can someone help me identify these parts?)
(...) You're right -- it is a huge can of worms. I'm glad I mentioned the Holocaust, if it helped you vent. I hope I didn't mention the Jews specifically -- though, being 1/8 Jewish, I can't help but be a little biased. Sorry. The sad truth is, is (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: Lego Holocaust art (Was: can someone help me identify these parts?)
(...) You know, I read this and thought "that's not a huge can o' worms...that's nothing...you know, he's right." But then I read the responses. I guess it really is at least a little can of worms. (...) Stronger social lobby? (...) OK, so one (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: Lego Holocaust art (Was: can someone help me identify these parts?)
(...) Agreed. Being Polish, what kind of chaps me a bit is that my countrymen, or at least some of them, at first eagerly participated in the genocide, taking over businesses and the like, then got the gas jets turned on them... (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Message is in Reply To:

		Lego Holocaust art (Was: can someone help me identify these parts?)
(...) These were all custom jobs; the person who put the boxes together is Zbigniew Libera, a Polish artist expressing his views on the recent trivialization of the Holocaust. The first time I saw it, I cried. You can find some descriptive text (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jun-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

54 Messages in This Thread:

Entire Thread on One Page:: Nested: All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear: All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:: Nested: All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear: All | Brief | Compact

Custom Search