Black
from page A1
FTCC was a fitting place
for his speech. The school
houses the Blynn Holocaust
Collection, an archive of
books and audio/visual
materials devoted to the
Holocaust.
Guy Blynn, the
Collection's principal fun
der, introduced Black by
reading a passage from one
of his books. The passage is
about a young Jewish girl.
Ediya. who at the urging of
her parents and with the help
of fellow captured Jews,
made a daring escape from a
train bound for a Nazi con
centration camp in Poland
"Ediya survived her
jump from the speeding train
going to Treblinka." read
Blynn, "Her parents died."
Ediya would meet her
future husband while hiding
in the forest after her escape.
Together, they spent two
years fighting the Nazis The
girl. Ediya Black, was
Edwin Black's mother.
Black, who has studied
many genocides throughout
history, said that even today
exterminations and the
threat of genocide continue.
"When you study the his
tory of mankind as 1 have,
going back to the beginning
of human time, you know
it's only a few moments
between exterminations,"
said Black.
But the Holocaust differ
entiated itself from past
genocides because it was
conducted so publicly, he
said.
"This was not a secret
deal where people where
riding in the night and burn
ing crosses on your front
lawn; this was all done with
newsreels running," said
Black.
Black said that the
United States influenced the
Holocaust before it even
began. According to Black,
Adolf Hitler was inspired by
anti-semitic conspiracy the
ories that said Jews con
trolled the world and caused
all its ills. These theories
were proliferated by Henry
Ford, founder of Ford
Photo by Todd Luck
N.C. Rep. Larry Womble, the stale's eugenics champion, talks with Edwin Mack about
North Carolina's eugenics program during the post-lecture question and answer session.
Automotive and who revolu
tionized automobiles using
mass production. But cars
aren't the only thing Ford
mass produced, said Black.
"He applied his skills of
mass production to hate lit
erature; he invented that."
said Black.
Black said this began
political anti-semitism on a
global level, which Hilter
would use to mount a world
wide extermination of Jews.
Black said Hilter repeatedly
and publicly stated his admi
ration for Ford, who eventu
ally apologized for publish
ing the hate-filled "The
International Jew" pam
phlets.
Black also traced Hitler's
belief in a genetically-supe
rior master race to the phil
anthropic Carnagy
Institution, which proliferat
ed eugenics, a theory that
humanity would be stronger
if those with "inferior"
genetics were eliminated or
sterilized. Eugenics led to
the forced sterilization of
more then 60,000 people in
the United States, including
7,600 in North Carolina. The
poor and ethnic minorities
were the main victims. Nazi
Germany also practiced ster
ilization.
Ford is not the only
American business icon with
ties to Nazis. Black found.
Oil Tycoon John D.
Rockefeller funded the
Nazis through his
Rockefeller Foundation.
"It was Rockefeller who
was pushing with his mil
lions this horrible race
ology and it was Rockfeller.
who during the Hitler
regime, was funding the
worst Nazi doctors," said
Black, referring to the hor
rific experiments that the
Nazis did on Jews and other
minorities.
General Motors manu
factured vehicles, land
mines, torpedo heads and
engines for tanks and
bombers for Nazi Germany
- enabling its infamous
blitzkrieg attacks, said
Black.
IBM. which at the time
made tabulating machines,
would give the Nazis the
technology to cross-tabulate
and organize population
information that gave them
the ability to quickly identi
fy Jews for persecution.
Black said he doesn't
believe that these companies
should be negatively judged
today by their actions
decades ago. Most of the
businesses have not only
gone on to do good things,
he said, but have also apolo
gized for their role in the
Holocaust. Only IBM. Black
said, has not apologized.
The company denies aiding
Nazi Germany.
Black said he hopes
knowledge of past atrocities
will encourage future gener
ations to never let such ugli
ness occur again. He also
hopes that this country never
again supports genocide in
any way shape or form.
"History is a broken
record, but you don't have to
hold the needle." said Black.
Black's next book, due
out this month, is "The
Farhud: Roots of the Arab
Nazi Alliance in the
Holocaust." For more infor
mation. visit
www. edwinblack.com.
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