When I was a young boy I was taught about the Holocaust by the Rabbi of my Hebrew School. He told impassioned stories about the Nazi atrocities. These included the use of the bodies to make soap and lampshades amongst other horrible things. This made a lifelong impression on me.
Later on, really just within the past couple of years I read that the lampshade story was just a myth. Your book (which I have not read yet) suggests that the myth is fact. I will, of course, read your book, but were you able to make any definitive conclusions as to the veracity of the lampshade stories ?
I have three young children. I am obligated to transmit the history of the Holocaust. I want to be sure that what I tell them, no matter how horrible, is irrefutable fact.
Dear Mr. Jacobson,
When I was a young boy I was taught about the Holocaust by the Rabbi of my Hebrew School. He told impassioned stories about the Nazi atrocities. These included the use of the bodies to make soap and lampshades amongst other horrible things. This made a lifelong impression on me.
Later on, really just within the past couple of years I read that the lampshade story was just a myth. Your book (which I have not read yet) suggests that the myth is fact. I will, of course, read your book, but were you able to make any definitive conclusions as to the veracity of the lampshade stories ?
I have three young children. I am obligated to transmit the history of the Holocaust. I want to be sure that what I tell them, no matter how horrible, is irrefutable fact.
Thank you very much,
David Fox, MD