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To: Ilaine who wrote (36713)	8/9/2002 4:24:47 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I think its like asking if you rather be poisoned with mercury or strychnine. Either way the end result is the same. I'm not sure it really matters much how you get there...

To: Ilaine who wrote (36713)	8/9/2002 5:24:40 PM
From: Elsewhere	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Boy, is that a tough question to debate. Which was worse, Stalin or Hitler? Indeed it is, and Spytrdr and I have given a hint of the "Historikerstreit". That was a major debate in Germany started by two publications in 1985 and 1986, by Martin Broszat and Ernst Nolte, who suggested to reevaluate the Third Reich and relativize its role in history. It was a fierce discussion with hundreds, thousands of books, speeches and talk shows; the controversy is still lingering on. Here are a couple of links: Relativizing the Holocaust - "Historikerstreit" wjc.org.il "Historikerstreit" links german.leeds.ac.uk Why the Holocaust is not about the Past icdweb.cc.purdue.edu Der Historikerstreit - Zusammenfassung der Kontroverse (German) nachkriegsdeutschland.de