JS Remember Jews were only half of the holocaust victims but we got the most attention because we were singled out for the final solution. History is full of peoples who couldn't save themselves from being executed and hadn't expected it. If I was in their shoes I too would take the piece of soap and wqlked into the 'shower room'. Saying Hitler ordered dig your own grave and they did is wrongly put. Heard on my car radio an author of a new book, "American Souls in the Balance, the Holocaust by Gregory Walance (I think?) who described the situation when FDR was alive, the reluctance of our State Department to get involved in saving Jews including when our Embassy in Switzerland reported that one concentration camp was gassing jews at the rate of 6,000 a day. Also remember that our airforce was asked to bomb the place and put it out of action and refused because it would slow down our fight against Hitler's army. Too many people didn't care was a factor. Stanley In a message dated 2/7/2013 7:14:29 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, schalestock@xxxxxxxx writes: Stanley, One never knows for sure how one will react under stress. But a maxim in the military is that you fight the way you train. The same applies in life. You cultivate a certain mindset - fight or flight. Under fire or stress, consumed by adrenalin, there is no time to think. And sadly, there are some battles you can't win. Only the choice on how to die. I have nothing but sorry and compassion for the Jews that were murdered by Hitler. I have a good friend, Arnost Lustig (now deceased) who was a camp inmate when a teenager. He and another boy managed to escape. He has written many novels and one, Diamonds In The Night (about his escape) was made into a movie. I used to talk with Arnost a lot about the Holocaust that he lived through so, perhaps, I have a better understanding than the average American. Regardless, you are wrong about my take on the situation. JS ____________________________________________________________ Fast, Secure, NetZero 4G Mobile Broadband. Try it. http://www.netzero.net/?refcd=NZINTISP0512T4GOUT2