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The Holocaust was the genocide of the Jews and others during [[World War II]] by the Nazi government in Germany, which played on widely held anti-Semitic sentiments. In addition to the genocide of six million Jews, many millions of Christians were also exterminated.
 
The Holocaust was the genocide of the Jews and others during [[World War II]] by the Nazi government in Germany, which played on widely held anti-Semitic sentiments. In addition to the genocide of six million Jews, many millions of Christians were also exterminated.
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=== Anti-Semitism ===
 
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Anti-Semitism was brought on by the Jews themselves according to Pastor John Hagee, best-selling author and prominent Israel supporter. Hagee is the founder of the national lobbying group "Christians United For Israel". In his 2006 book, "Jerusalem Countdown", Hagee writes:
 
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<p>It was the disobedience and rebellion of the Jews, God's chosen people,
 
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to their covenantal responsibility to serve only the one true God, Jehovah,
 
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that gave rise to the opposition and persecution that they experienced beginning
 
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in Canaan and continuing to this very day....</p>
 
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<p>How utterly repulsive, insulting, and heartbreaking to God for His chosen
 
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people to credit idols with bringing blessings He had showered upon the chosen
 
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people. Their own rebellion had birthed the seed of anti-Semitism that would
 
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arise and bring destruction to them for centuries to come....it rises from the
 
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judgment of God uppon his rebellious chosen people.
 
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( "Jerusalem Countdown: A Prelude To War", paperback edition, pages 92 and 93 )</p>
 
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Revision as of 18:24, March 6, 2007

The Holocaust was the genocide of the Jews and others during World War II by the Nazi government in Germany, which played on widely held anti-Semitic sentiments. In addition to the genocide of six million Jews, many millions of Christians were also exterminated.

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