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[polyfrog]

Go read this cartoonGrowing up with someone with a similar tattoo, it's not a lesson I've really ever had to think about. Not something I ever had to consciously be taught...something I have always known. This cartoon reminded me that there are still plenty of people who do need to be taught that lesson, and this guy (whose work I admire a lot in

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[ericcoleman]

That's astounding ...

[polyfrog]

Which? The comic? or the fact that there are people who need to learn that?

[dda]

Very powerful stuff (and briefly mentioned in the last X-Men movie, too).

I will say, however, that lots of other people died in the same way; it wasn't just the Jews in the camps.

[pheltzer]

Yes lots of other people died in the camps. But by far the greatest percentage of people killed were Jews. If my memory of the numbers is correct over 70% of the people killed in the camps were jews, the remaining 30% were made up of political prisoners, gypsies, gays, prisoners of war and folks who collaborated against the Nazi party, although I suppose that could be lumped in with political prisoners.

math is hard

[bammba_m]

11 million people were killed.

6 million were Jewish, leaving 5 million "others"