Eternal Treblinka: Our Treatment of Animals and the HolocaustThis book explores the similar attitudes and methods behind modern society's treatment of animals and the way humans have often treated each other, most notably during the Holocaust. The book's epigraph and title are from "The Letter Writer," a story by the Yiddish writer and Nobel Laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer: "In relation to them, all people are Nazis; for the animals it is an eternal Treblinka." The first part of the book (Chapter 1-2) describes the emergence of human beings as the master species and their domination over the rest of the inhabitants of the earth. The second part (Chapters 3-5) examines the industrialization of slaughter (of both animals and humans) that took place in modern times. The last part of the book (Chapters 6-8) profiles Jewish and German animal advocates on both sides of the Holocaust, including Isaac Bashevis Singer himself. The Foreword is by Lucy Rosen Kaplan, former attorney for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and daughter of Holocaust survivors. Her foreword, the Preface and Afterword, excerpts from the book, chapter synopses, and an international list of supporters can be found on the book's website at: www.powerfulbook.com |
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... beasts , to know their fatness and strength . " One eighteenth century goldsmith advertised " silver pad- locks for blacks and dogs . " English advertisements for runaways often showed them with collars around their necks.48 In American ...
... beasts of the earth accord- ing to their kinds and the cattle according to their kinds , and everything that creeps upon the ground according to its kind . " God then made man in his image and gave him " dominion over the fish of the ...
... beasts by God the Creator is vegetarian . ” 3 Moreover , Jewish tradition envi- sions that in the messianic age to come the nonviolent atmosphere that prevailed at creation will be restored . In the meantime , in Judaism , which for the ...
... beasts are to men . " " Aristotle believed it was as permis- sible to enslave people who did not possess " reason " as it was to enslave animals . " Slaves and animals do little for the common good , and for the most part live at random ...
... beast over beast , bird over bird , and fish over fish , on the earth in the air and in the sea . " He maintained that " there is no worm that crawls upon the ground , no bird that flies on high , no fish that swims in the depths ...
Contents
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MASTER SPECIES MASTER RACE | 51 |
THE INDUSTRIALIZATION OF SLAUGHTER The Road to Auschwitz Through America | 53 |
IMPROVING THE HERD From Animal Breeding to Genocide | 81 |
WITHOUT THE HOMAGE OF A TEAR Killing Centers in America and Germany | 109 |
HOLOCAUST ECHOES | 137 |
WE WERE LIKE THAT TOO HolocaustConnected Animal Advocates | 139 |
THIS BOUNDLESS SLAUGHTERHOUSE The Compassionate Vision of Isaac Bashevis Singer | 169 |
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HOLOCAUST German Voices for the Voiceless | 201 |
AFTERWORD | 231 |
NOTES | 233 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 271 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 281 |
INDEX | 283 |
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A Violent God-Image: An Introduction to the Work of Eugen Drewermann Matthias Beier Limited preview - 2006 |
The Holocaust and the Henmaid's Tale: A Case for Comparing Atrocities Karen Davis No preview available - 2005 |