... and were reluctant to help those involved in this tragedy. The Holocaust is a disturbing and a shameful chapter in Canadian history. In the context of World War 2, Jewish refugees were fleeing from Europe to Canada in order to find peace and security, but instead of aiding the Jews ... refugees being interred as "enemy aliens. During World War Two, Jewish refugees were being treated harshly and unfairly in Canada in the context of the Holocaust, seeing that they were refused entry into Canada, they were sent to internment camps, and were labelled as "enemy ... required special considerat...

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... a dangerous animal. In this talk I describe the complicated interplay between the atrocities of the internal world and the expression of violence and aggression in external reality. What factors contribute to ordinary everyday violence by young people in our streets or to the pursuit of war by national leaders? To tell you the truth I had great difficulty knowing where to begin this ... academic accounts. The events themselves have been recorded in great detail through witness statements but two academics; Christopher Browning and Daniel Goldhagen have also reviewed the events in their ...

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