Stories from WW2

[NJFemmie]

Originally Posted by Jet

While this may be true, (I say this only because I've heard the contrary) there is an abundant amount of information on the Warsaw ghetto and Hitler's invasion of Poland in 1939.

Yes, there is - and the subject continues to grow (thankfully).
However, most people think Hitler only hated the Jews.

A lot of people did not know that he (and the Soviet Union with their secret pact to divide Poland) hated the Poles (more specifically) just as much and literally wanted them wiped off the face of the earth. He was "afraid" of polish patriotism and the damage that could have caused his "master plan".

Many years ago, I came across this petite Jewish woman in Queens. I don't remember exactly how the subject came up, but she mentioned she was a survivor of the holocaust. I told her that my parents were too, and she immediately replied "Oh, you are Jewish too?" I said no. I told her my parents weren't Jewish, they were Catholic and they were Polish.

Over the years I have encountered quite a number of people who thought that if you weren't Jewish, you were not necessarily targeted by the Nazis. This is so far from the truth. In fact, I have heard some crazy notions about what they thought happened during the war.