Book burning has always been a "we took a photo at a specific moment that looks really bad, so now its a talking point" type event. Every side commits it, everyone is guilty of it in some form, its a complete nonsense thing to grandstand on and always has been.
And considering all the other research the Japs were big on at the time, I doubt there is anything of value in there besides gore and confirmation bias. I'm not against it existing, but at this state of the universe its not going to tell us something new about Jews that people who are open to the message don't already believe.
it might not tell us anything new about jews or their behaviour in general but it might give us more detailed information which would be interesting from the point of view of someone from 1944, who would most certainly have more detailed information about jews that have been lost to time and that people today would have missed. .
But anyone willing to read the book and believe it already thinks Jews should be destroyed, gassed, killed, and all other forms of end game actions. Anyone who isn't at that point is very unlikely to think the things in the book aren't lies.
Point being is that, while interesting, that's all it is. You, or anyone else, aren't going to change their mind over what they read in it. Its just outrage porn.
I'm aware of his point of view. But that doesn't matter.
Someone like him will read it and it just confirms what he already believes, or he discards it as lies if it isn't suffeciently anti-Jew enough. And anyone who isn't at that level of extremity (like maybe yourself) will discard it as "more antisemitic lies," or if it its pro-Jew enough just be a drop in the ocean of their beliefs confirming what they already believe.
That's all I'm getting at. Its a topic so polarized, with all of its literature even more so, that no actual piece matters in the slightest. No one is engaging with books like this to learn or challenge their minds, its just for confirmation of preregistered beliefs.
Book burning has always been a "we took a photo at a specific moment that looks really bad, so now its a talking point" type event. Every side commits it, everyone is guilty of it in some form, its a complete nonsense thing to grandstand on and always has been.
And considering all the other research the Japs were big on at the time, I doubt there is anything of value in there besides gore and confirmation bias. I'm not against it existing, but at this state of the universe its not going to tell us something new about Jews that people who are open to the message don't already believe.
it might not tell us anything new about jews or their behaviour in general but it might give us more detailed information which would be interesting from the point of view of someone from 1944, who would most certainly have more detailed information about jews that have been lost to time and that people today would have missed. .
I mean yeah it might be interesting in a way.
But anyone willing to read the book and believe it already thinks Jews should be destroyed, gassed, killed, and all other forms of end game actions. Anyone who isn't at that point is very unlikely to think the things in the book aren't lies.
Point being is that, while interesting, that's all it is. You, or anyone else, aren't going to change their mind over what they read in it. Its just outrage porn.
Op is already one of those people. We have many such cases of the shortbus brigade here.
I'm aware of his point of view. But that doesn't matter.
Someone like him will read it and it just confirms what he already believes, or he discards it as lies if it isn't suffeciently anti-Jew enough. And anyone who isn't at that level of extremity (like maybe yourself) will discard it as "more antisemitic lies," or if it its pro-Jew enough just be a drop in the ocean of their beliefs confirming what they already believe.
That's all I'm getting at. Its a topic so polarized, with all of its literature even more so, that no actual piece matters in the slightest. No one is engaging with books like this to learn or challenge their minds, its just for confirmation of preregistered beliefs.
As in, it has little value.