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. JoAnn Davis wins End of Life Care Leadership Award SPECIAl ro THE C'HRONICl \ JoAnn Davis, president & CEO of Hospice & r ailluilYC CareCenter in Winston-Salem, has won the End of Life Care Leadership Award from the Carolinas Center for Hospice and End of Life Care. The honor was presented during the organization's 33rd Annual Conference in Myrtle Beach, S.C. from Oct. 3-6. 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