Marcus Aurelius
Are you referring to your Holocaust-denying pals in Gujarat?
VADODARA: Schoolchildren in GujaratIndia will soon find out that the word 'tyranny' is synonymous with Adolf Hitler. That he was responsible for the killing of six million Jews and that he advocated the supremacy
of one race.
They will also learn that their social science textbooks have made a major blunder by projecting Hitler as a tragic hero of World War II.
Friends of Israel, a society of admirers of the Jewish state, will soon
start what they call the 'expose Hitler campaign'. Angered by reports of textbooks in Gujarat eulogising the German dictator, the society is planning an exhibition on the Holocaust in collaboration with the Consulate General of Israel in Mumbai.
The exhibition, to be brought to the state in September, will travel to
all major cities and towns.
"We are also planning a DVD show at all major educational insbreastutes in
the state," says general secretary of Friends of Israel Nikitin Contractor.
"The DVD, obtained from Tel Aviv University, gives a true picture of Germany under Hitler."
The society's website will soon put up a lot of information on the genocide so that more people can access it. On August 15, the 250-member buttociation will also organise a peaceful protest against the textbooks
by sending e-mails to the state government, asking them to make amends.
Adds Contractor, "It is very sad that the man responsible for the killing of six million Jews is eulogised in our textbooks. Interestingly, many BJP leaders have visited Israel.
Even Vadodara mayor NV Patel had visited Israel and the Holocaust memorial - Yaad Vashem - recently." Regarding the textbooks, Patel, who admits that he was deeply moved by the memorial, says: "I cannot comment on it, I never read the books."
The Indian state of Gujarat is ruled by a Hindu fundamentalist group, commonly referred to as the "sangh parivar", who are responsible for the "revised" textbooks that cast Hitler in a favorable light.
Don't forget. Australians and Britons fought Hitler!
Ever heard of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
But you dirted it with political exaggeration as extremists are wont to do.
Have you apologised to the Sikhs for the Amritsar mbuttacre yet?
Sounds like you end about 30 times as many Sikhs as we end Tasmanians over a period that was 30 times shorter! What a blood bath.
