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...subject to charges of anti-Semitism. Furthermore, Buchanan is known for his hyper-sensitivity to comparisons between him and Hitler--I wonder why. Is it because he referred to the man who came closest to annihilating the Jewish people as "an individual of great courage" or that he equated Holocaust Survivor Syndrome with "group fantasies of martyrdom and heroics"? As a man hoping to distinguish himself from Hitler, he ought to rethink his oratorical strategy...
...reject any atavistic responsibility for my ancestors' repugnant acts. I am sorry for slavery like I am sorry for the Holocaust (no family connections there). I must confess feeling closer to the experience of slavery because I have long known that this is part of my national and personal history, whereas the Holocaust was very foreign to this Southerner who knew no Jews until age 12. But I will not bear this burden; I was born with original sin in general, not the sin of slavery in particular. Some descendants of slaves may insist upon internalizing the pain of slavery...
...must remember slavery, the Holocaust and other extreme human tragedies. As an historian, I embrace my duty to facilitate this. But collective memory outlives collective responsibility...
...HAVE NEVER SEEN A MASS GRAVE AS HORrible as the one shown in the photograph with your article "Unearthing Evil" [WORLD, Jan. 29], about fresh evidence of war crimes in Bosnia. It is a new Holocaust. What is the difference between Bosnian Serbs and Nazis? Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic must be judged for what he has done. IBRAHIM MUNIR Bristol, England...
...into street brawlers and arsonists at night. For nonviolent recreation some play a kind of anti-Semitic Can You Top This: a gaunt Nazi nostalgist goes by the nickname "Auschwitz"; a rich Austrian patron of the movement paints a Star of David inside his toilet bowl; a distributor of Holocaust-denial material jocularly offers his customers a computer game called Concentration Camp Manager...