i am afraid so. -----Original Message----- From: Cleveland, Kyle E. To: [log in to unmask] Sent: 10/10/2002 3:13 PM Subject: Re: Question Exactly. It's the same reason my grandmother always hated travelling up north--because of what Sherman's army (and then the "carpetbaggers") did to her grandparents. Americans get complacent; thinking that another "Hitler" could never happen here. We're fat, lazy and we're losing the living reminders of the Holocaust. Many swear, "never forget", but I'm afraid we are forgetting. -----Original Message----- From: Kathy Salkin [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 3:06 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Question <snip> Yet we also need to remember that over 6 million Jews were in the camps, and entire villages and towns were wiped out. This is something we can never forget. Auschwitz is still there, a grim memorial of something that must never happen again, even in the name of nationalism. This is why many Jews cannot even stand to buy products associated with the Nazis. It's a grim reminder of a past we cannot forget. Kat