r/Judaism • u/justjust000 • Jan 20 '26

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u/Remarkable-Pea4889 Jan 20 '26

I wouldn't wear a shirt like this, but it's actually somewhat true. Research has shown that to survive the Holocaust people needed to be selfish rather than selfless.

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u/GonzoTheGreat93 Bagel Connaisseur Jan 20 '26

Not to downplay the Holocaust, but there were roughly 10 million Jews who were not murdered by the Nazis. Including Sephardi and Mizrachi Jews who were largely untouched by the Nazis.

As for Ashkenazim, North America already had a sizeable Jewish population - including all four of my grandparents, who were born in Canada in the 1930s.

Who do I get to blame for being an asshole?

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u/Fit-Temperature-5362 Feb 16 '26

Got any sources on the 10 million not killed I can’t find anything 

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u/GonzoTheGreat93 Bagel Connaisseur Feb 16 '26

Literally just math. There were 16 million before, 6 million killed. 

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u/Fit-Temperature-5362 Feb 16 '26

1933 there were around 10 million total  in europe

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u/GonzoTheGreat93 Bagel Connaisseur Feb 16 '26

And around 6 million in other parts of the world… 

My point was that Jews existed in other places during the Holocaust. 

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u/Fit-Temperature-5362 Feb 16 '26

The comment I originally responded to made it seem like you thought the nazis spared or didn’t get to 10 million in Europe. Obviously 10 million survived if they were on the other side of the world.

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u/GonzoTheGreat93 Bagel Connaisseur Feb 16 '26

My original comment explicitly mentioned Sephardim, mizrachim, and ashkenazim who lived in places outside of Europe. Like my family who lived in Canada in the 1930/. 

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u/Fit-Temperature-5362 Feb 16 '26

You said who the nazis didn’t kill like it was an option 

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u/GonzoTheGreat93 Bagel Connaisseur Feb 16 '26

This is such a nitpicky, ungenerous reading of what I have explicitly said is not the case that I am forced to assume you’re looking for a fight. 

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u/Fit-Temperature-5362 Feb 16 '26

Not a fight it’s why I asked for a source on 10 million it just sounded misleading the way you worded it.

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