Sho-ah, Holocaust, systematic slaughter of
Jews by Nazi Germany. Genocidal intent.
Genocide, intent to destroy an ethnic community.
Antisemitism, rank hostility against Jews. So
clearly defined anyone can understand the import
even an academic; say a professor at a military
college for example. Who also happens to have
Ukrainian ancestry and carries an identifying
name of Lubomyr. Lubomyr is enraged, utterly
splenetic with rage that a Holocaust memorial
fails to highlight the plight of Ukrainians who
were targets of fascist Germany along with Roma
homosexuals, political opponents and physically
and mentally disabled. They too died not only six
million Jews and it is high time that Ukrainians
losses were institutionally recognized. No word
from Lubomyr of the proud Ukrainian Azov
Battalion auxiliary SS police unit happy to aid
in the extermination of Jews among whom even
now there is talk of the Holocaust representing a
historical 'bright period' in human history with no
wish to appropriate the Holocaust for the greater
glory of memorializing Ukrainian victims of fascism.
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