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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... suffering that humans often inflict on each other , must read and re - read this book . Lucy Rosen Kaplan , Esq . Baltimore , Maryland PREFACE W became close friends with a German Jewish refugee ETERNAL TREBLINKA xiii.
... became a history teacher and looked for , but could not find , a book on the background of the Holocaust suitable for my stu- dents , I wrote Anti - Semitism : The Road to the Holocaust and Beyond to fill the gap . The summer after its ...
... became " their " herd to follow and exploit . Since it is easier to capture and domesticate young animals , the first herders killed protective adults so they could capture and keep the young animals away from their natural living area ...
... became what it is today — one of domination , control , and manipulation — with humans making life - or - death decisions concerning what were now " their " ani- mals . " Like dependents in the household of a patriarch , " writes Tun ...
... flawed and sinful though he might be , occupied a position on earth comparable to God's position in the universe became a central idea in the religious and philosophical thought of Western civilization regarding man's ETERNAL TREBLINKA 21.
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 |