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...Katz focused on several tragedies throughout history that have been compared to the Holocaust. Although they are appalling, he said, they cannot fairly be labelled "holocausts" or "genocides...
Only the Nazi Holocaust aimed for the systematic and rapid extermination of an entire race, Katz said. The Holocaust stands out among tragedies not only because of the number of people killed but also because of the reasons for which they were murdered, Katz added...
Though victims of other persecution--Native Americans, African slaves, and Russian political prisoners--diedin greater numbers than the victims of theHolocaust, the prime goal of their oppressors wasnot genocide, Katz said...
...Katz said that most Native Americans were wipedout by disease rather than systematic destruction,that Black slaves were valued as living propertyand that even during Stalin's purges, women andchildren were granted some mercy...
...Katz blamed modern overeagerness to use the"Holocaust metaphor" on both Jewish and non-Jewishhistorians...