Seems I mistook SPQR for Jayb

"Joe and his family joined a scattering of other families and singles seated on the sand..."

And who appears to be as much into fictitious prose as Jayb.

Hasbeen,

Have you ever heard any of the stories about the infant 'Secret Service' being sent around the country to retrieve the "Phil the Greek" photos which a young and exuberant Naval Officer had left in his wake during his wartime visit to Australia?

Apparently it was thought that they might be an embarrassment when it was announced that he was to marry the Princess Elizabeth.

Some are said to still exist.

Jay, how ironic today marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

Survivors from all over the world are gathering together at Auschwitz, Hitler's most infamous death camp to remember those who perished there, and to pray for them.

Six million Jews died in the Holocaust - more than one million of them were killed at Auschwitz.

http://www.itv.com/news/update/2015-01-26/auschwitz-survivors-return-to-remember-those-who-never-left/

Makes your claim of, what was it, 4% died at the hand of the SS rather hollow.

Dear Hasbeen,

Yes of course it worked for the Popes.
But then they went to Confession and all
was forgiven. Whereas Prince Philip
couldn't, wouldn't, or didn't, do that.

Paul,
I hold no beliefs, if you choose to accept a belief system based on Soviet and Zionist propaganda that's your business, personally I've never come across any information which would lead me to accept the concept of genocide, the word itself is merely part of the liturgy of that very same belief system.
It's not possible to mount an argument concerning the Orthodox Holocaust faith because it's ahistorical and unscientific, the Holocaust like all faith based systems is all about propagating a particular set of values and nothing more.
If you're asking me whether I share those values and hold those beliefs then the answer is an obvious and emphatic no.

Jay, it is not a belief, it is a fact, a historical fact that 6 million innocent people perished at the hands of a terrible Nationalist regime. You simply attempt to rewrite history to suit your Nationalist narrative. 20 million souls bear silent witness to the excesses of uncontrolled nationalism.
I realise my prodding on this subject is uncomfortable for you, and so it should be, as the events of 70 years ago never sit well with some, who today embrace much of the same philosophy, be it in their view a more moderate embrace, but never the less a similar embrace, which in the end, given the opportunity, would have a similar outcome. There is no such beast as a moderate radical.
I would truly like your honest opinion of Hitler, was he a savior, a saint, or a mad man? Of course you do not have to answer, but I'm sure you have read widely on the subject, as you seem to have on all related matters, and have formulated a concise opinion to match.