... the statement that "the Jews were not oriented to resistance" (663). The Jews "hoped that somehow the German drive would spend itself," a "hope that was founded on a two-thousand-year-old experience" (666). Over time the Jews had learned that they must not resist in order to survive (666). Hilberg then goes as far to say "a two-thousand-year ... . Hilberg's credibility is cut short due to his racial biases in historical reference and gathering of data. While Hilberg credits the Jewish behavior to their past, assumptions and connections he draws are not reliable and are hostily directed t...

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