Not altogether sure what she said to cause all the consternation. Clearly she acknowledged the bizarre, inhuman, murderous ideology,intentions and genocidal acts of the German Nazis. She claimed that the inhuman genocide was not based on race but religious affiliation. She has a point. No matter how Aryan or Nordic a Jew might appear, the Nazis persecuted and killed them. Arguably the Jews are not a race but a religious group with diverse genetic backgrounds. The Nazis lumped many groups based on their religion, (Jews, Seventh Day Adventists) politics (communists, German anti Nazi nationalists)sexuality (homosexuals especially despite the large number of homosexuals within their ranks) and of course on race (”non Aryans” such as gypsies, the few Africans living then in Europe among others).Would appreciate if some some Freepers can clarify and explain what she said.
“Arguably the Jews are not a race but a religious group with diverse genetic backgrounds.”
Not to the Nazis. A third generation Christian or atheist with “Jewish blood” was condemned all the same. They could not erase their ancestry to save themselves.
Since her concept of “race” is arbitrary and meaningless, she cannot dismiss the Nazi concept of race as arbitrary and meaningless.
Contrary to what liberals think, sex is biological, but race is a social construct. There are genetic differences between various groups and families, including skin coloring, height and intelligence (which can get you cancelled for even suggesting), but not enough differences between any groups of humans to constitute separate races.
They also went after Jews who converted. It was more to do with the ethnic group of most Ashkenazi Jews, who had lived in Europe for hundreds of years. Mostly they intermarried.
No, it was ethnic. Jews, who had converted to Christianity, like nuns St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross and her sister, Rosa, were killed as Jews. Non-Jewish groups were also targeted, for extermination like Romani/Gypsies. The mentally handicapped, femme homosexual men, communists, and Seventh Day Adventists were killed for being harmful to Aryans race.