Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 23:32:49 -0500 From: Interfaith Working Group Subject: IWG Philadelphia Inquirer Holocaust letter December 2, 1999 The Philadelphia Inquirer PO Box 8263 Philadelphia, PA 19101 Dear Editors: Bradley R. Smith’s December 2 letter was a completely nonsensical attempt to associate a set of fuzzy, doubt-inducing adjectives with the Holocaust. The Holocaust is not a “story,” it is not “historical controversy,” and it was not a “war.” The Holocaust was the systematic stereotyping, labeling, imprisonment, torturing, enslaving and killing of millions of people with the tacit agreement and even active assistance of most of the rest of their fellow citizens on the basis of religion, ethnicity, mental and physical health, sexual orientation, and political affiliation. Never again. Sincerely, Barbara Lamond Purdom Christopher Purdom Interfaith Working Group Coordinators The above letter was sent on IWG letterhead listing 17 congregations and religious organizations and 63 clergy from 16 religious traditions. For more letters visit http://www.iwgonline.org/letters/ -- Interfaith Working Group PO Box 11706 Philadelphia, PA 19101 http://www.iwgonline.org/ iwg@iwgonline.org voice: 215-235-3050 fax: 215-232-0829