[Qwinn]

"By what percentage was the catholic population of europe reduced in the Ovens of Auschwitz?"

6 million Jews died in World War II. 9 million Polish died in World War II. Most Polish were Catholic. Do the math.

"It's not a good thing, but it's not genocide."

See, we already have plenty of Catholics in other countries, so we can spare a few million. No biggie.

Qwinn

[donh]

6 million Jews died in World War II. 9 million Polish died in World War II. Most Polish were Catholic. Do the math.

I just did. % of jews removed from poland?: 100%. % of poles removed from Poland?: substantially less than 100%.

[donh]

6 million Jews died in World War II. 9 million Polish died in World War II. Most Polish were Catholic. Do the math.

I just did. % of jews removed from poland?: 100%. % of poles removed from Poland?: substantially less than 100%.

At any rate, what kind of argument is this? Would you be impressed if a serial killer told a judge, "wait am minute, I've killed people way more horribly than this murder I'm on trial for, so you should let me go.".

[rmlew]

First, DonH is wrong about Pope Pius.
While he did not do everything I would have liked, Puis XII and the Catholic Church purposely saved more Jews than any other group.

Regarding Poland, there were about 30 million Poles in 1939. About 9 million died. That is 30%. 2.7 Million of the 3 million Polish Jews died. That is 90%.
The Nazis never got around to their proposed murder of 1/3 of Slavs, enslavement of 1/3, and expulsion of the rest. However the killing of 6 million Polish Catholics or 25% thereof came close.

Regarding Novak, I am not sure that a convert to Catholicism from Judaism is the most objective source.
I have read good reports of the movuie. I have also read that parts of the movie are based on the ahistorical and anti-Semitic visions of a 19th century Nun. I will reserve judgement untill I see the movie and re-read the Christian Scriptures.

[HostileTerritory]

6 million people in Poland died during the war. 3+ million Jews (about 90% of the prewar population) and 3 million Catholics (about 14% of that prewar population.)