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Original Title: | Eternal Treblinka: Our Treatment of Animals and the Holocaust |
ISBN: | 1930051999 (ISBN13: 9781930051997) |
Edition Language: | English |
Charles Patterson
Paperback | Pages: 312 pages Rating: 4.27 | 425 Users | 39 Reviews
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The book examines the origins of human supremacy, describes the emergence of industrialized slaughter of both animals and people in modern times, and concludes with profiles of Jewish and German animal advocates on both sides of the Holocaust.ETERNAL TREBLINKA describes disturbing parallels between how the Nazis treated their victims and how modern society treats animals. The title is taken from 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 Foreword is by Lucy Kaplan, former attorney for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), who is the daughter of Holocaust survivors. ETERNAL TREBLINKA has already received support from more than 200 humane, animal protection, and environmental groups around the world.
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Title | : | Eternal Treblinka: Our Treatment of Animals and the Holocaust |
Author | : | Charles Patterson |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 312 pages |
Published | : | December 1st 2001 by Lantern Books |
Categories | : | Animals. Nonfiction. Philosophy. Food and Drink. Vegan. History |
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Ratings: 4.27 From 425 Users | 39 ReviewsArticle Appertaining To Books Eternal Treblinka: Our Treatment of Animals and the Holocaust
A very disturbing book that shocks you out of the state of numb ignorance.A great quote from the book:'Auschwitz begins wherever someone looks at a slaughterhouse and thinks: they're only animals.'Theodor AdornoJarring, eye-opening stuff. Holocaust comparisons are almost universally shunned, often for good reason, and this could have been as trite as a PETA ad. Yet the devil's in the details -- the animal husbandry backgrounds of prominent SS leaders, for instance; the close readings of Isaac Bashevis Singer; the profiles of survivors who went on to work on animal issues.Five centuries before the birth of Christ, Pythagoras wrote, "So long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other." Shocking
When I first saw the title I rolled my eyes and thought of Godwin's Law, but reading the actual description has opened my mind quite a bit...
I didn't like this book. I understood Charles Patterson argument, but I still think it is pretty inappropriate to compare the treatment of animals to the Holocaust... BUT, if you read it, you must remember that he is not comparing the atrocities of the Holocaust to the treatment of animals, he is comparing the mindset that drives both.
Ive been debating becoming vegan for a little while now. This book has cemented my decision. Eternal Treblinka gives haunting parallels to the horrible acts humans have done over time to those that are perceived as weaker by whatever misguided opinion the masses follow. As an animal lover my eyes have become wide open to give me the passion to make a lifestyle change.
This book gave some of the greatest arguments against the murder of animals for human consumption. Eternal Treblinka takes you through a methodical treatment of how hypocritical it is to condemn murder when millions of living beings are killed every year in our towns.
Very informative book, looking at similarities between the Holocaust and how we treat animals now. A lot of things I didn't know in here from Henry Ford's antisemitism to the eugenics in the US and how it all influenced Hitler and the Nazi's. Also how "lesser" people have been treated in general during the last several hundred years and our views on "lesser" beings.
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