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Re: Guns could have saved Jews from the Holocaust 

By: Beldin in POPE IV | Recommend this post (1)
Wed, 28 Feb 18 10:49 PM | 61 view(s)
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Yep. If I had been in their place, I certainly would rather have been adequately armed and able to fight Nazi oppression on my own terms. Remember ... it was the action of only a few men on the Old North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts that became "the shot heard round the world." 




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Re: Guns could have saved Jews from the Holocaust
By: Decomposed in POPE IV
Wed, 28 Feb 18 10:34 PM 		Msg. 44985 of 47202

Beldin:

Re: “As ruthless as the Nazis most certainly were, Jewish resistance armed with modern small arms more than likely would have been eventually crushed, BUT ... ”

I agree. But additionally, it would have had Nazi leaders looking over their shoulders constantly from about 1933 on. Common sense says that a leader tends to be a little less ruthless if he thinks that every step outdoors could well be his last.

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